Merge branch 'maint-1.6.0' into maint-1.6.1

[git.git] / Documentation / git-apply.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 44e1968a1cd87ba6003e650846a45c62f07a9f5f..32f2b85a105e684c7c04f8825b8b74c511271cef 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
          [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
          [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
          [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>]
-         [--exclude=PATH] [--directory=<root>] [--verbose] [<patch>...]
+         [--exclude=PATH] [--include=PATH] [--directory=<root>]
+         [--verbose] [<patch>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -137,6 +138,17 @@ discouraged.
        be useful when importing patchsets, where you want to exclude certain
        files or directories.
 
+--include=<path-pattern>::
+       Apply changes to files matching the given path pattern. This can
+       be useful when importing patchsets, where you want to include certain
+       files or directories.
++
+When --exclude and --include patterns are used, they are examined in the
+order they appear on the command line, and the first match determines if a
+patch to each path is used.  A patch to a path that does not match any
+include/exclude pattern is used by default if there is no include pattern
+on the command line, and ignored if there is any include pattern.
+
 --whitespace=<action>::
        When applying a patch, detect a new or modified line that has
        whitespace errors.  What are considered whitespace errors is