X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-apply.txt;h=4a74b23d403d970643fcb8e0438ab6649f54e54c;hb=1080be268b0558ecdc5567e1864a3ae56e25ba65;hp=8463439ac5047d5f1921db4d6f2d765e7728c73b;hpb=d6bf0cf9bf59257d587e37a6b689a22dc8a9092a;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index 8463439ac..4a74b23d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ with the `--cache` option the patch is only applied to the index. 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 ------- ...:: @@ -242,6 +246,12 @@ If `--index` is not specified, then the submodule commits in the 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 ------ Written by Linus Torvalds