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SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index]
+'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index]
[--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor <file>] [-R | --reverse]
[--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
- [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--cached]
+ [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
[--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>]
[--exclude=PATH] [--verbose] [<patch>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Reads supplied diff output and applies it on a git index file
+Reads supplied 'diff' output and applies it on a git index file
and a work tree.
OPTIONS
without using the working tree. This implies '--index'.
--build-fake-ancestor <file>::
- Newer git-diff output has embedded 'index information'
+ Newer 'git-diff' output has embedded 'index information'
for each blob to help identify the original version that
the patch applies to. When this flag is given, and if
the original versions of the blobs is available locally,
Apply the patch in reverse.
--reject::
- For atomicity, linkgit:git-apply[1] by default fails the whole patch and
+ For atomicity, 'git-apply' by default fails the whole patch and
does not touch the working tree when some of the hunks
do not apply. This option makes it apply
the parts of the patch that are applicable, and leave the
ever ignored.
--unidiff-zero::
- By default, linkgit:git-apply[1] expects that the patch being
+ By default, 'git-apply' expects that the patch being
applied is a unified diff with at least one line of context.
This provides good safety measures, but breaks down when
applying a diff generated with --unified=0. To bypass these
--apply::
If you use any of the options marked "Turns off
- 'apply'" above, linkgit:git-apply[1] reads and outputs the
+ 'apply'" above, 'git-apply' reads and outputs the
information you asked without actually applying the
patch. Give this flag after those flags to also apply
the patch.
--no-add::
When applying a patch, ignore additions made by the
patch. This can be used to extract the common part between
- two files by first running `diff` on them and applying
+ two files by first running 'diff' on them and applying
the result with this option, which would apply the
deletion part but not addition part.
considered whitespace errors.
+
By default, the command outputs warning messages but applies the patch.
-When linkgit:git-apply[1] is used for statistics and not applying a
+When `git-apply is used for statistics and not applying a
patch, it defaults to `nowarn`.
+
You can use different `<action>` to control this
* `error-all` is similar to `error` but shows all errors.
--inaccurate-eof::
- Under certain circumstances, some versions of diff do not correctly
+ Under certain circumstances, some versions of 'diff' do not correctly
detect a missing new-line at the end of the file. As a result, patches
- created by such diff programs do not record incomplete lines
+ created by such 'diff' programs do not record incomplete lines
correctly. This option adds support for applying such patches by
working around this bug.
current patch being applied will be printed. This option will cause
additional information to be reported.
+--recount::
+ Do not trust the line counts in the hunk headers, but infer them
+ by inspecting the patch (e.g. after editing the patch without
+ adjusting the hunk headers appropriately).
+
Configuration
-------------
Submodules
----------
-If the patch contains any changes to submodules then linkgit:git-apply[1]
+If the patch contains any changes to submodules then 'git-apply'
treats these changes as follows.
If --index is specified (explicitly or implicitly), then the submodule