+static struct patch *previous_patch(struct patch *patch, int *gone)
+{
+ struct patch *previous;
+
+ *gone = 0;
+ if (patch->is_copy || patch->is_rename)
+ return NULL; /* "git" patches do not depend on the order */
+
+ previous = in_fn_table(patch->old_name);
+ if (!previous)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (to_be_deleted(previous))
+ return NULL; /* the deletion hasn't happened yet */
+
+ if (was_deleted(previous))
+ *gone = 1;
+
+ return previous;
+}
+
+/*
+ * We are about to apply "patch"; populate the "image" with the
+ * current version we have, from the working tree or from the index,
+ * depending on the situation e.g. --cached/--index. If we are
+ * applying a non-git patch that incrementally updates the tree,
+ * we read from the result of a previous diff.
+ */