Git apply skips patches

Question

I\'m trying to apply a patch that includes binary files with git apply but only the files are added. I tried running git apply failing.patch -v and it

Answer 1

I found out the problem by running patch -p1 < failing.patch which printed:

can't find file to patch at input line 5

and reminded me that I was not in the root directory.

I can't understand why no one had asked this before and why is the verbose message not verbose.

Also, not even the official documentation mentions skipping and possible causes.