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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index 631cbd840a..b9aa39000f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-apply - Apply a patch to files and/or to the index SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--3way] +'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index | --intent-to-add] [--3way] [--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse] [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z] [-p<n>] [-C<n>] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached] @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ OPTIONS disables it is in effect), make sure the patch is applicable to what the current index file records. If the file to be patched in the working tree is not - up-to-date, it is flagged as an error. This flag also + up to date, it is flagged as an error. This flag also causes the index file to be updated. --cached:: @@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ OPTIONS cached data, apply the patch, and store the result in the index without using the working tree. This implies `--index`. +--intent-to-add:: + When applying the patch only to the working tree, mark new + files to be added to the index later (see `--intent-to-add` + option in linkgit:git-add[1]). This option is ignored unless + running in a Git repository and `--index` is not specified. + Note that `--index` could be implied by other options such + as `--cached` or `--3way`. + -3:: --3way:: When the patch does not apply cleanly, fall back on 3-way merge if @@ -113,8 +121,10 @@ explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see linkgit:git-config[1]). -p<n>:: - Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The - default is 1. + Remove <n> leading path components (separated by slashes) from + traditional diff paths. E.g., with `-p2`, a patch against + `a/dir/file` will be applied directly to `file`. The default is + 1. -C<n>:: Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before @@ -240,7 +250,7 @@ When `git apply` is used as a "better GNU patch", the user can pass the `--unsafe-paths` option to override this safety check. This option has no effect when `--index` or `--cached` is in use. -Configuration +CONFIGURATION ------------- apply.ignoreWhitespace:: @@ -251,7 +261,7 @@ apply.whitespace:: When no `--whitespace` flag is given from the command line, this configuration item is used as the default. -Submodules +SUBMODULES ---------- If the patch contains any changes to submodules then 'git apply' treats these changes as follows. @@ -259,7 +269,7 @@ treats these changes as follows. If `--index` is specified (explicitly or implicitly), then the submodule commits must match the index exactly for the patch to apply. If any of the submodules are checked-out, then these check-outs are completely -ignored, i.e., they are not required to be up-to-date or clean and they +ignored, i.e., they are not required to be up to date or clean and they are not updated. If `--index` is not specified, then the submodule commits in the patch |