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index 51297d09ec..13cdd7f3b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ git-am - Apply a series of patches from a mailbox
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--keep-cr | --no-keep-cr] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
- [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
+'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--[no-]keep-cr] [--[no-]utf8]
+ [--[no-]3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
[--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
[--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
- [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--scissors | --no-scissors]
+ [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
+ [--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]] [--patch-format=<format>]
[(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...]
'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort)
@@ -34,13 +35,16 @@ OPTIONS
--signoff::
Add a `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
the committer identity of yourself.
+ See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
-k::
--keep::
Pass `-k` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
---keep-cr::
---no-keep-cr::
+--keep-non-patch::
+ Pass `-b` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+
+--[no-]keep-cr::
With `--keep-cr`, call 'git mailsplit' (see linkgit:git-mailsplit[1])
with the same option, to prevent it from stripping CR at the end of
lines. `am.keepcr` configuration variable can be used to specify the
@@ -49,11 +53,23 @@ OPTIONS
-c::
--scissors::
Remove everything in body before a scissors line (see
- linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+ linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). Can be activated by default using
+ the `mailinfo.scissors` configuration variable.
--no-scissors::
Ignore scissors lines (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+-m::
+--message-id::
+ Pass the `-m` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]),
+ so that the Message-ID header is added to the commit message.
+ The `am.messageid` configuration variable can be used to specify
+ the default behaviour.
+
+--no-message-id::
+ Do not add the Message-ID header to the commit message.
+ `no-message-id` is useful to override `am.messageid`.
+
-q::
--quiet::
Be quiet. Only print error messages.
@@ -75,23 +91,33 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
-3::
--3way::
+--no-3way::
When the patch does not apply cleanly, fall back on
3-way merge if the patch records the identity of blobs
it is supposed to apply to and we have those blobs
- available locally.
+ available locally. `--no-3way` can be used to override
+ am.threeWay configuration variable. For more information,
+ see am.threeWay in linkgit:git-config[1].
---ignore-date::
--ignore-space-change::
--ignore-whitespace::
--whitespace=<option>::
-C<n>::
-p<n>::
--directory=<dir>::
+--exclude=<path>::
+--include=<path>::
--reject::
These flags are passed to the 'git apply' (see linkgit:git-apply[1])
program that applies
the patch.
+--patch-format::
+ By default the command will try to detect the patch format
+ automatically. This option allows the user to bypass the automatic
+ detection and specify the patch format that the patch(es) should be
+ interpreted as. Valid formats are mbox, stgit, stgit-series and hg.
+
-i::
--interactive::
Run interactively.
@@ -114,6 +140,12 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
Skip the current patch. This is only meaningful when
restarting an aborted patch.
+-S[<keyid>]::
+--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
+ GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
+ defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
+ stuck to the option without a space.
+
--continue::
-r::
--resolved::
@@ -127,7 +159,7 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
--resolvemsg=<msg>::
When a patch failure occurs, <msg> will be printed
to the screen before exiting. This overrides the
- standard message informing you to use `--resolved`
+ standard message informing you to use `--continue`
or `--skip` to handle the failure. This is solely
for internal use between 'git rebase' and 'git am'.
@@ -171,11 +203,11 @@ aborts in the middle. You can recover from this in one of two ways:
. hand resolve the conflict in the working directory, and update
the index file to bring it into a state that the patch should
- have produced. Then run the command with the '--resolved' option.
+ have produced. Then run the command with the '--continue' option.
-The command refuses to process new mailboxes while the `.git/rebase-apply`
-directory exists, so if you decide to start over from scratch,
-run `rm -f -r .git/rebase-apply` before running the command with mailbox
+The command refuses to process new mailboxes until the current
+operation is finished, so if you decide to start over from scratch,
+run `git am --abort` before running the command with mailbox
names.
Before any patches are applied, ORIG_HEAD is set to the tip of the
@@ -184,20 +216,16 @@ 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).
+HOOKS
+-----
+This command can run `applypatch-msg`, `pre-applypatch`,
+and `post-applypatch` hooks. See linkgit:githooks[5] for more
+information.
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-apply[1].
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite