Misplaced alignment tab character &.

[Ohjeah]

This is similar to #26.

Version: 1.2.1
Command: latexdiff-git old.tex new.tex --pdf
Error:

! Misplaced alignment tab character &.
\split@ ->\hbox to\wd \thr@@ {}&
                                \vcenter {\vbox {\moveleft \wd \thr@@ \boxz@ }}
l.36 }\end{align*}

old.tex

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}
\begin{align}
\begin{split}
    \dot{x} &= s (y - x)\label{eqn:lorenz}\\
    \dot{y} &= r x - y - x z \\
    \dot{z} &= x y - b z,
\end{split}
\end{align}

\end{document}

new.tex

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\end{document}