!($diffbits->{O2A} & 02)) { # patches do not change .gitignore
quiltify_splitbrain_needed();
progress "creating patch to represent .gitignore changes";
+ ensuredir "debian/patches";
my $gipatch = "debian/patches/auto-gitignore";
open GIPATCH, ">>", "$gipatch" or die "$gipatch: $!";
stat GIPATCH or die "$gipatch: $!";