--- a/mercurial/patch.py	Tue Dec 25 14:30:10 2007 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/patch.py	Tue Dec 25 22:23:58 2007 +0100
@@ -1376,7 +1376,6 @@
             last = stat.pop()
             stat.insert(0, last)
             stat = ''.join(stat)
-            if stat.startswith('0 files'): raise ValueError
             return stat
         except: raise
     finally: