diff -r ca4f10c76ea7 -r a0eb8a418442 mercurial/patch.py
--- a/mercurial/patch.py	Tue Dec 25 14:05:26 2007 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/patch.py	Tue Dec 25 22:21:51 2007 +0100
@@ -1351,7 +1351,6 @@
             last = stat.pop()
             stat.insert(0, last)
             stat = ''.join(stat)
-            if stat.startswith('0 files'): raise ValueError
             return stat
         except: raise
     finally: