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 ## Apply patch generated by CI
 If you're not working on a Linux box then you can't auto-generate license files. A workaround is provided via CI.
 
-Your build will fail one or more CI checks if your license files are not correct. Open the failing CI check. In the CI output you will find a patch diff that represents the changes that need to be made to your license files. Copy this patch to a temporary patch file wherever you'd like. Then apply the patch to your repo:
+Your build will fail one or more CI checks if your license files are not correct. Open the failing CI check. In the CI output you will find a patch diff that represents the changes that need to be made to your license files. Click `Download full logs` (Github removes lines with only whitespaces, which invalidates the diff). Copy this patch to a temporary patch file wherever you'd like. Then apply the patch to your repo:
 
 ```
 cd flutter/ci/licenses_golden