$ rm -rf d $ mkdir -p d/patches $ cd d $ cat > patches/series < empty1.diff < empty2.diff $ touch patches/empty1.diff patches/empty2.diff $ quilt push -qa > Applying patch %{P}empty1.diff > Patch %{P}empty1.diff appears to be empty; applied > Applying patch %{P}empty2.diff > Patch %{P}empty2.diff appears to be empty; applied > Now at patch %{P}empty2.diff $ quilt rename empty3.diff > Patch %{P}empty2.diff renamed to %{P}empty3.diff $ quilt pop -qa > Patch %{P}empty3.diff appears to be empty, removing > Patch %{P}empty1.diff appears to be empty, removing > No patches applied $ quilt new empty_new.diff > Patch %{P}empty_new.diff is now on top $ quilt pop -q > Patch %{P}empty_new.diff appears to be empty, removing > No patches applied $ quilt delete empty_new.diff > Removed patch %{P}empty_new.diff $ quilt rename -P empty3.diff empty_new.diff > Patch %{P}empty3.diff renamed to %{P}empty_new.diff $ cd .. $ rm -rf d