git-am(1)
-================
+=========
NAME
----
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-am' [--signoff] [--dotest=<dir>] [--utf8] [--3way] <mbox>
-'git-am' [--skip]
+[verse]
+'git-am' [--signoff] [--dotest=<dir>] [--utf8] [--binary] [--3way]
+ [--interactive] [--whitespace=<option>] <mbox>...
+'git-am' [--skip | --resolved]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
authorship information and patches, and applies them to the
current branch.
-This is the replacement for the 'git-applymbox' script.
-Unlike git-applymbox, it can take more than one mailbox file from
-the command line, as well as reading from the standard input when
-'-' is specified. Other differences include changed parameter names
-and less descriptive command name.
+OPTIONS
+-------
+--signoff::
+ Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
+ the committer identity of yourself.
+--dotest=<dir>::
+ Instead of `.dotest` directory, use <dir> as a working
+ area to store extracted patches.
-When initially invoking it, you give it name of the mailbox to crunch.
-The usage hints that it might get interrupted and you will want to
-resume the last round of applying - to do that, pass it no mailbox
-name, and optionally the mysterious '--skip' parameter.
+--utf8, --keep::
+ Pass `-u` and `-k` flags to `git-mailinfo` (see
+ gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]).
+
+--binary::
+ Pass `--allow-binary-replacement` flag to `git-apply`
+ (see gitlink:git-apply[1]).
+
+--3way::
+ When the patch does not apply cleanly, fall back on
+ 3-way merge, if the patch records the identity of blobs
+ it is supposed to apply to, and we have those blobs
+ locally.
+
+--skip::
+ Skip the current patch. This is only meaningful when
+ restarting an aborted patch.
+
+--whitespace=<option>::
+ This flag is passed to the `git-apply` program that applies
+ the patch.
+
+--interactive::
+ Run interactively, just like git-applymbox.
+
+--resolved::
+ After a patch failure (e.g. attempting to apply
+ conflicting patch), the user has applied it by hand and
+ the index file stores the result of the application.
+ Make a commit using the authorship and commit log
+ extracted from the e-mail message and the current index
+ file, and continue.
+
+DISCUSSION
+----------
+
+When initially invoking it, you give it names of the mailboxes
+to crunch. Upon seeing the first patch that does not apply, it
+aborts in the middle, just like 'git-applymbox' does. You can
+recover from this in one of two ways:
+
+. skip the current one by re-running the command with '--skip'
+ option.
+
+. hand resolve the conflict in the working directory, and update
+ 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`
+directory exists, so if you decide to start over from scratch,
+run `rm -f .dotest` before running the command with mailbox
+names.
SEE ALSO
--------
-gitlink:git-applymbox[1], gitlink:git-applypatch[1].
+gitlink:git-applymbox[1], gitlink:git-applypatch[1], gitlink:git-apply[1].
Author
--------------
Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-This manual page is a stub. You can help the git documentation by expanding it.
-
GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite