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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-02-22 22:54:37 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-02-22 22:54:37 -0800
commit50f3ac29cbadbf7e0ff099b493b00cfa4129e1e0 (patch)
tree72b756b4c7d60709b7484cceeb3a1d82a18a86af /Documentation/git-apply.txt
parentbuiltin-reflog.c: fix typo that accesses an unset variable (diff)
parentbuiltin-reflog.c: don't install new reflog on write failure (diff)
downloadtgif-50f3ac29cbadbf7e0ff099b493b00cfa4129e1e0.tar.xz
Merge branch 'bc/reflog-fix' into js/reflog-delete
* bc/reflog-fix: (1490 commits) builtin-reflog.c: don't install new reflog on write failure hash: fix lookup_hash semantics gitweb: Better chopping in commit search results builtin-tag.c: remove cruft git-merge-index documentation: clarify synopsis send-email: fix In-Reply-To regression git-reset --hard and git-read-tree --reset: fix read_cache_unmerged() Teach git-grep --name-only as synonym for -l diff: fix java funcname pattern for solaris t3404: use configured shell instead of /bin/sh git_config_*: don't assume we are parsing a config file prefix_path: use is_absolute_path() instead of *orig == '/' git-clean: handle errors if removing files fails Clarified the meaning of git-add -u in the documentation git-clone.sh: properly configure remote even if remote's head is dangling git.el: Set process-environment instead of invoking env Documentation/git-stash: document options for git stash list send-email: squelch warning due to comparing undefined $_ to "" cvsexportcommit: be graceful when "cvs status" reorders the arguments Rename git-core rpm to just git and rename the meta-pacakge to git-all. ... Conflicts: Documentation/git-reflog.txt t/t1410-reflog.sh
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-apply.txt47
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index c1c54bfe0b..2dec2ec1cf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor <file>] [-R | --reverse]
[--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
[-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--cached]
- [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip>]
+ [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>]
[--exclude=PATH] [--verbose] [<patch>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ the information is read from the current index instead.
Apply the patch in reverse.
--reject::
- For atomicity, gitlink:git-apply[1] by default fails the whole patch and
+ For atomicity, linkgit:git-apply[1] by default fails the whole patch and
does not touch the working tree when some of the hunks
do not apply. This option makes it apply
the parts of the patch that are applicable, and leave the
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ the information is read from the current index instead.
ever ignored.
--unidiff-zero::
- By default, gitlink:git-apply[1] expects that the patch being
+ By default, linkgit:git-apply[1] expects that the patch being
applied is a unified diff with at least one line of context.
This provides good safety measures, but breaks down when
applying a diff generated with --unified=0. To bypass these
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ discouraged.
--apply::
If you use any of the options marked "Turns off
- 'apply'" above, gitlink:git-apply[1] reads and outputs the
+ 'apply'" above, linkgit:git-apply[1] reads and outputs the
information you asked without actually applying the
patch. Give this flag after those flags to also apply
the patch.
--no-add::
When applying a patch, ignore additions made by the
- patch. This can be used to extract common part between
+ patch. This can be used to extract the common part between
two files by first running `diff` on them and applying
the result with this option, which would apply the
deletion part but not addition part.
@@ -135,25 +135,32 @@ discouraged.
be useful when importing patchsets, where you want to exclude certain
files or directories.
---whitespace=<option>::
- When applying a patch, detect a new or modified line
- that ends with trailing whitespaces (this includes a
- line that solely consists of whitespaces). By default,
- the command outputs warning messages and applies the
- patch.
- When gitlink:git-apply[1] is used for statistics and not applying a
- patch, it defaults to `nowarn`.
- You can use different `<option>` to control this
- behavior:
+--whitespace=<action>::
+ When applying a patch, detect a new or modified line that has
+ whitespace errors. What are considered whitespace errors is
+ controlled by `core.whitespace` configuration. By default,
+ trailing whitespaces (including lines that solely consist of
+ whitespaces) and a space character that is immediately followed
+ by a tab character inside the initial indent of the line are
+ considered whitespace errors.
++
+By default, the command outputs warning messages but applies the patch.
+When linkgit:git-apply[1] is used for statistics and not applying a
+patch, it defaults to `nowarn`.
++
+You can use different `<action>` to control this
+behavior:
+
* `nowarn` turns off the trailing whitespace warning.
* `warn` outputs warnings for a few such errors, but applies the
- patch (default).
+ patch as-is (default).
+* `fix` outputs warnings for a few such errors, and applies the
+ patch after fixing them (`strip` is a synonym --- the tool
+ used to consider only trailing whitespaces as errors, and the
+ fix involved 'stripping' them, but modern gits do more).
* `error` outputs warnings for a few such errors, and refuses
to apply the patch.
* `error-all` is similar to `error` but shows all errors.
-* `strip` outputs warnings for a few such errors, strips out the
- trailing whitespaces and applies the patch.
--inaccurate-eof::
Under certain circumstances, some versions of diff do not correctly
@@ -176,7 +183,7 @@ apply.whitespace::
Submodules
----------
-If the patch contains any changes to submodules then gitlink:git-apply[1]
+If the patch contains any changes to submodules then linkgit:git-apply[1]
treats these changes as follows.
If --index is specified (explicitly or implicitly), then the submodule
@@ -199,4 +206,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite