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   1git-apply(1)
   2============
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-apply - Apply patch on a git index file and a work tree
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--index-info] [-z] [<patch>...]
  12
  13DESCRIPTION
  14-----------
  15Reads supplied diff output and applies it on a git index file
  16and a work tree.
  17
  18OPTIONS
  19-------
  20<patch>...::
  21        The files to read patch from.  '-' can be used to read
  22        from the standard input.
  23
  24--stat::
  25        Instead of applying the patch, output diffstat for the
  26        input.  Turns off "apply".
  27
  28--numstat::
  29        Similar to \--stat, but shows number of added and
  30        deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without
  31        abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly.  Turns
  32        off "apply".
  33
  34--summary::
  35        Instead of applying the patch, output a condensed
  36        summary of information obtained from git diff extended
  37        headers, such as creations, renames and mode changes.
  38        Turns off "apply".
  39
  40--check::
  41        Instead of applying the patch, see if the patch is
  42        applicable to the current work tree and/or the index
  43        file and detects errors.  Turns off "apply".
  44
  45--index::
  46        When --check is in effect, or when applying the patch
  47        (which is the default when none of the options that
  48        disables it is in effect), make sure the patch is
  49        applicable to what the current index file records.  If
  50        the file to be patched in the work tree is not
  51        up-to-date, it is flagged as an error.  This flag also
  52        causes the index file to be updated.
  53
  54--index-info::
  55        Newer git-diff output has embedded 'index information'
  56        for each blob to help identify the original version that
  57        the patch applies to.  When this flag is given, and if
  58        the original version of the blob is available locally,
  59        outputs information about them to the standard output.
  60
  61-z::
  62        When showing the index information, do not munge paths,
  63        but use NUL terminated machine readable format.  Without
  64        this flag, the pathnames output will have TAB, LF, and
  65        backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
  66        respectively.
  67
  68--apply::
  69        If you use any of the options marked ``Turns off
  70        "apply"'' above, git-apply reads and outputs the
  71        information you asked without actually applying the
  72        patch.  Give this flag after those flags to also apply
  73        the patch.
  74
  75
  76Author
  77------
  78Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  79
  80Documentation
  81--------------
  82Documentation by Junio C Hamano
  83
  84GIT
  85---
  86Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  87