1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index d24aaa3047..c10c28659e 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -6044,6 +6044,8 @@ static void patch_id_consume(void *priv, char *line, unsigned long len)
 	struct patch_id_t *data = priv;
 	int new_len;
 
+	if (len > 12 && starts_with(line, "\\ "))
+		return;
 	new_len = remove_space(line, len);
 
 	the_hash_algo->update_fn(data->ctx, line, new_len);