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diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--[no-]keep-cr] [--[no-]utf8]
- [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
+ [--[no-]3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
[--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
[--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
[--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
- [--[no-]scissors]
+ [--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]] [--patch-format=<format>]
[(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...]
-'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort)
+'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --show-current-patch[=(diff|raw)])
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ 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::
@@ -52,11 +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.
@@ -78,12 +91,19 @@ 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].
+
+--rerere-autoupdate::
+--no-rerere-autoupdate::
+ Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
+ result of auto-conflict resolution if possible.
---ignore-date::
--ignore-space-change::
--ignore-whitespace::
--whitespace=<option>::
@@ -97,6 +117,13 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
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, mboxrd,
+ stgit, stgit-series and hg.
+
-i::
--interactive::
Run interactively.
@@ -119,6 +146,15 @@ 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>]::
+--no-gpg-sign::
+ 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. `--no-gpg-sign` is useful to
+ countermand both `commit.gpgSign` configuration variable, and
+ earlier `--gpg-sign`.
+
--continue::
-r::
--resolved::
@@ -139,6 +175,16 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
--abort::
Restore the original branch and abort the patching operation.
+--quit::
+ Abort the patching operation but keep HEAD and the index
+ untouched.
+
+--show-current-patch[=(diff|raw)]::
+ Show the message at which `git am` has stopped due to
+ conflicts. If `raw` is specified, show the raw contents of
+ the e-mail message; if `diff`, show the diff portion only.
+ Defaults to `raw`.
+
DISCUSSION
----------
@@ -149,8 +195,8 @@ the commit, after stripping common prefix "[PATCH <anything>]".
The "Subject: " line is supposed to concisely describe what the
commit is about in one line of text.
-"From: " and "Subject: " lines starting the body override the respective
-commit author name and title values taken from the headers.
+"From: ", "Date: ", and "Subject: " lines starting the body override the
+respective commit author name and title values taken from the headers.
The commit message is formed by the title taken from the
"Subject: ", a blank line and the body of the message up to
@@ -171,12 +217,12 @@ When initially invoking `git am`, you give it the names of the mailboxes
to process. Upon seeing the first patch that does not apply, it
aborts in the middle. You can recover from this in one of two ways:
-. skip the current patch by re-running the command with the '--skip'
+. skip the current patch by re-running the command with the `--skip`
option.
. 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 '--continue' option.
+ have produced. Then run the command with the `--continue` option.
The command refuses to process new mailboxes until the current
operation is finished, so if you decide to start over from scratch,
@@ -189,6 +235,11 @@ 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
--------