Meld error invoking 'patch'

I ran into an issue with meld comparing some files.

I'm doing some whitespace conversions of a git repository

The only changes are whitespace CRLF => LF

$ git --version

git version 1.7.9.5

Ubuntu 12.04

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Invoking 'patch' failed.

Maybe you don't have 'GNU patch' installed,

or you use an untested version of Git.

Please send email bug report to:

Containing the following information:

- meld version: '1.5.3'

- source control software type: 'Git'

- source control software version: '1.7.9.5'

- the output of 'git diff --relative HEAD somefile.txt'

- patch command: 'patch -p1 -R -d /tmp/tmp3Ive0T-meld'

(no need to actually run it, just provide

the command line)

Replace 'X.Y.Z' by the actual version for the

source control software you use.

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