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diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 67ad5da9cc..887466d777 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ git-am - Apply a series of patches from a mailbox
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
+'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--keep-cr | --no-keep-cr] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
[--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]
- [<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
-'git am' (--skip | --resolved | --abort)
+ [--exclude=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
+ [--scissors | --no-scissors]
+ [(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...]
+'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort)
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ current branch.
OPTIONS
-------
-<mbox>|<Maildir>...::
+(<mbox>|<Maildir>)...::
The list of mailbox files to read patches from. If you do not
supply this argument, the command reads from the standard input.
If you supply directories, they will be treated as Maildirs.
@@ -37,14 +38,21 @@ OPTIONS
-k::
--keep::
- Pass `-k` flag to 'git-mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+ Pass `-k` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+
+--keep-cr::
+--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
+ default behaviour. `--no-keep-cr` is useful to override `am.keepcr`.
-c::
--scissors::
Remove everything in body before a scissors line (see
linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
----no-scissors::
+--no-scissors::
Ignore scissors lines (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
-q::
@@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ OPTIONS
-u::
--utf8::
- Pass `-u` flag to 'git-mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+ Pass `-u` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
The proposed commit log message taken from the e-mail
is re-coded into UTF-8 encoding (configuration variable
`i18n.commitencoding` can be used to specify project's
@@ -63,7 +71,7 @@ This was optional in prior versions of git, but now it is the
default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
--no-utf8::
- Pass `-n` flag to 'git-mailinfo' (see
+ Pass `-n` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see
linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
-3::
@@ -80,8 +88,9 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
-C<n>::
-p<n>::
--directory=<dir>::
+--exclude=<path>::
--reject::
- These flags are passed to the 'git-apply' (see linkgit:git-apply[1])
+ These flags are passed to the 'git apply' (see linkgit:git-apply[1])
program that applies
the patch.
@@ -107,6 +116,7 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
Skip the current patch. This is only meaningful when
restarting an aborted patch.
+--continue::
-r::
--resolved::
After a patch failure (e.g. attempting to apply
@@ -121,7 +131,7 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
to the screen before exiting. This overrides the
standard message informing you to use `--resolved`
or `--skip` to handle the failure. This is solely
- for internal use between 'git-rebase' and 'git-am'.
+ for internal use between 'git rebase' and 'git am'.
--abort::
Restore the original branch and abort the patching operation.
@@ -165,9 +175,9 @@ aborts in the middle. You can recover from this in one of two ways:
the index file to bring it into a state that the patch should
have produced. Then run the command with the '--resolved' 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
@@ -181,15 +191,6 @@ 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