Index: quilt/quilt/annotate.in
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--- quilt.orig/quilt/annotate.in
+++ quilt/quilt/annotate.in
@@ -171,11 +171,12 @@ trap "rm -f $template" EXIT
 # by line.
 
 empty_file ${files[0]} > $template
-for ((n = 0; n < address@hidden; n++))
-do
-	annotation_for "${files[n]}" "${files[n+1]}" $((n+1))
-done \
-| patch $template
+(	for ((n = 0; n < address@hidden; n++))
+	do
+		annotation_for "${files[n]}" "${files[n+1]}" $((n+1))
+	done
+	echo w
+) | ed -s $template
 merge_files $template "address@hidden"
 
 echo