SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-am' [--signoff] [--dotest=<dir>] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
+'git-am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
[--3way] [--interactive] [--binary]
[--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>]
<mbox>|<Maildir>...
supply this argument, reads from the standard input. If you supply
directories, they'll be treated as Maildirs.
--s, --signoff::
+-s::
+--signoff::
Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
the committer identity of yourself.
--d=<dir>, --dotest=<dir>::
- Instead of `.dotest` directory, use <dir> as a working
- area to store extracted patches.
-
--k, --keep::
+-k::
+--keep::
Pass `-k` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
--u, --utf8::
+-u::
+--utf8::
Pass `-u` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
The proposed commit log message taken from the e-mail
is re-coded into UTF-8 encoding (configuration variable
Pass `-n` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see
linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
--3, --3way::
+-3::
+--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
available locally.
--b, --binary::
+-b::
+--binary::
Pass `--allow-binary-replacement` flag to `git-apply`
(see linkgit:git-apply[1]).
program that applies
the patch.
--C<n>, -p<n>::
+-C<n>::
+-p<n>::
These flags are passed to the `git-apply` (see linkgit:git-apply[1])
program that applies
the patch.
--i, --interactive::
+-i::
+--interactive::
Run interactively.
--skip::
Skip the current patch. This is only meaningful when
restarting an aborted patch.
--r, --resolved::
+-r::
+--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.
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
+run `rm -f -r .dotest` before running the command with mailbox
names.
Author
------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation
--------------
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite