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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] [--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--summary::
  29        Instead of applying the patch, output a condensed
  30        summary of information obtained from git diff extended
  31        headers, such as creations, renames and mode changes.
  32        Turns off "apply".
  33
  34--check::
  35        Instead of applying the patch, see if the patch is
  36        applicable to the current work tree and/or the index
  37        file and detects errors.  Turns off "apply".
  38
  39--index::
  40        When --check is in effect, or when applying the patch
  41        (which is the default when none of the options that
  42        disables it is in effect), make sure the patch is
  43        applicable to what the current index file records.  If
  44        the file to be patched in the work tree is not
  45        up-to-date, it is flagged as an error.  This flag also
  46        causes the index file to be updated.
  47
  48--index-info::
  49        Newer git-diff output has embedded 'index information'
  50        for each blob to help identify the original version that
  51        the patch applies to.  When this flag is given, and if
  52        the original version of the blob is available locally,
  53        outputs information about them to the standard output.
  54
  55-z::
  56        When showing the index information, do not munge paths,
  57        but use NUL terminated machine readable format.  Without
  58        this flag, the pathnames output will have TAB, LF, and
  59        backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
  60        respectively.
  61
  62--apply::
  63        If you use any of the options marked ``Turns off
  64        "apply"'' above, git-apply reads and outputs the
  65        information you asked without actually applying the
  66        patch.  Give this flag after those flags to also apply
  67        the patch.
  68
  69
  70Author
  71------
  72Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  73
  74Documentation
  75--------------
  76Documentation by Junio C Hamano
  77
  78GIT
  79---
  80Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  81