X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-am.txt;h=b9c6fac7483dbefba0afb60a76ac0362aa390a6d;hb=9b99e641c11044dba661f574f9098d362a3f0ef8;hp=3863eebcef8533de78adf8733b580f146ac66ec4;hpb=671d3220359145edd1002dc0afe76bc5782597f3;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 3863eebce..b9c6fac74 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
-         [--3way] [--interactive] [--binary]
+	 [--3way] [--interactive]
          [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>]
-         <mbox>|<Maildir>...
-'git am' [--skip | --resolved]
+	 [<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
+'git am' (--skip | --resolved | --abort)
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -59,11 +59,6 @@ default.   You could use `--no-utf8` to override this.
 	it is supposed to apply to, and we have those blobs
 	available locally.
 
--b::
---binary::
-	Pass `--allow-binary-replacement` flag to 'git-apply'
-	(see linkgit:git-apply[1]).
-
 --whitespace=<option>::
 	This flag is passed to the 'git-apply' (see linkgit:git-apply[1])
 	program that applies
@@ -99,6 +94,9 @@ default.   You could use `--no-utf8` to override this.
 	or `--skip` to handle the failure.  This is solely
 	for internal use between 'git-rebase' and 'git-am'.
 
+--abort::
+	Restore the original branch and abort the patching operation.
+
 DISCUSSION
 ----------
 
@@ -140,11 +138,17 @@ aborts in the middle,.  You can recover from this in one of two ways:
   the index file to bring it in a state that the patch should
   have produced.  Then run the command with '--resolved' option.
 
-The command refuses to process new mailboxes while `.dotest`
+The command refuses to process new mailboxes while `.git/rebase-apply`
 directory exists, so if you decide to start over from scratch,
-run `rm -f -r .dotest` before running the command with mailbox
+run `rm -f -r .git/rebase-apply` before running the command with mailbox
 names.
 
+Before any patches are applied, ORIG_HEAD is set to the tip of the
+current branch.  This is useful if you have problems with multiple
+commits, like running 'git am' on the wrong branch or an error in the
+commits that is more easily fixed by changing the mailbox (e.g.
+errors in the "From:" lines).
+
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ linkgit:git-apply[1].
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
 
 Documentation
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