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Without these options, the command applies the patch only to files,
and does not require them to be in a git repository.
+This command applies the patch but does not create a commit. Use
+linkgit:git-am[1] to create commits from patches generated by
+linkgit:git-format-patch[1] and/or received by email.
+
OPTIONS
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<patch>...::
are ignored and only the absence or presence of the corresponding
subdirectory is checked and (if possible) updated.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-am[1].
+
+
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>