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@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
[--3way] [--interactive] [--binary]
[--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>]
- <mbox>|<Maildir>...
-'git am' [--skip | --resolved]
+ [<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
+'git am' (--skip | --resolved)
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -140,11 +140,17 @@ aborts in the middle,. You can recover from this in one of two ways:
the index file to bring it in a state that the patch should
have produced. Then run the command with '--resolved' option.
-The command refuses to process new mailboxes while `.dotest`
+The command refuses to process new mailboxes while `.git/rebase`
directory exists, so if you decide to start over from scratch,
-run `rm -f -r .dotest` before running the command with mailbox
+run `rm -f -r .git/rebase` before running the command with mailbox
names.
+Before any patches are applied, ORIG_HEAD is set to the tip of the
+current branch. This is useful if you have problems with multiple
+commits, like running 'git am' on the wrong branch or an error in the
+commits that is more easily fixed by changing the mailbox (e.g.
+errors in the "From:" lines).
+
SEE ALSO
--------