X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-apply.txt;h=feb51f124ac8a806e65d41f6274c58de64d2991f;hb=ea3594e04184475226109a21e71c539ff5f139fd;hp=e9f724b2fa35cf18978dbcba9dcef7ed28a1b19d;hpb=bed625540a0e1a4ba4da9962ed53c1d83d9bf509;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index e9f724b2f..feb51f124 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	  [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
 	  [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
 	  [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>]
-	  [--exclude=PATH] [--verbose] [<patch>...]
+	  [--exclude=PATH] [--directory=<root>] [--verbose] [<patch>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ behavior:
 	by inspecting the patch (e.g. after editing the patch without
 	adjusting the hunk headers appropriately).
 
+--directory=<root>::
+	Prepend <root> to all filenames.  If a "-p" argument was passed, too,
+	it is applied before prepending the new root.
++
+For example, a patch that talks about updating `a/git-gui.sh` to `b/git-gui.sh`
+can be applied to the file in the working tree `modules/git-gui/git-gui.sh` by
+running `git apply --directory=modules/git-gui`.
+
 Configuration
 -------------