NAME
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-git-applypatch - Apply one patch extracted from an e-mail.
+git-applypatch - Apply one patch extracted from an e-mail
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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+This is usually not what an end user wants to run directly. See
+gitlink:git-am[1] instead.
+
Takes three files <msg>, <patch>, and <info> prepared from an
e-mail message by 'git-mailinfo', and creates a commit. It is
usually not necessary to use this command directly.
+This command can run `applypatch-msg`, `pre-applypatch`, and
+`post-applypatch` hooks. See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more
+information.
+
OPTIONS
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<patch>::
The patch to apply.
-<info>:
+<info>::
Author and subject information extracted from e-mail,
used on "author" line and as the first line of the
commit log message.
GIT
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-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite