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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-apply.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-apply.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index d9ed6a1a4e..8ddb207409 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse] [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z] [-p<n>] [-C<n>] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached] - [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace ] + [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] [--whitespace=(nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all)] [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--directory=<root>] [--verbose] [--unsafe-paths] [<patch>...] @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- Reads the supplied diff output (i.e. "a patch") and applies it to files. +When running from a subdirectory in a repository, patched paths +outside the directory are ignored. With the `--index` option the patch is also applied to the index, and with the `--cached` option the patch is only applied to the index. Without these options, the command applies the patch only to files, |