Merge branch 'maint'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 5622971f6a1fe6ead3eda29a3bb80b2f08aa15f0..ff307eb27098fd89f718055f2211164da3e0be30 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ git-am - Apply a series of patches from a mailbox
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
-         [--3way] [--interactive] [--binary]
-         [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>]
-         <mbox>|<Maildir>...
-'git-am' [--skip | --resolved]
+'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
+        [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
+        [--ignore-date]
+        [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
+        [--reject]
+        [<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
+'git am' (--skip | --resolved | --abort)
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -35,11 +37,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -k::
 --keep::
-       Pass `-k` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+       Pass `-k` flag to 'git-mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
 
 -u::
 --utf8::
-       Pass `-u` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+       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
        `i18n.commitencoding` can be used to specify project's
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ This was optional in prior versions of git, but now it is the
 default.   You could use `--no-utf8` to override this.
 
 --no-utf8::
-       Pass `-n` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see
+       Pass `-n` flag to 'git-mailinfo' (see
        linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
 
 -3::
@@ -59,19 +61,12 @@ default.   You could use `--no-utf8` to override this.
        it is supposed to apply to, and we have those blobs
        available locally.
 
--b::
---binary::
-       Pass `--allow-binary-replacement` flag to `git-apply`
-       (see linkgit:git-apply[1]).
-
 --whitespace=<option>::
-       This flag is passed to the `git-apply` (see linkgit:git-apply[1])
-       program that applies
-       the patch.
-
 -C<n>::
 -p<n>::
-       These flags are passed to the `git-apply` (see linkgit:git-apply[1])
+--directory=<dir>::
+--reject::
+       These flags are passed to the 'git-apply' (see linkgit:git-apply[1])
        program that applies
        the patch.
 
@@ -79,6 +74,20 @@ default.   You could use `--no-utf8` to override this.
 --interactive::
        Run interactively.
 
+--committer-date-is-author-date::
+       By default the command records the date from the e-mail
+       message as the commit author date, and uses the time of
+       commit creation as the committer date. This allows the
+       user to lie about the committer date by using the same
+       timestamp as the author date.
+
+--ignore-date::
+       By default the command records the date from the e-mail
+       message as the commit author date, and uses the time of
+       commit creation as the committer date. This allows the
+       user to lie about author timestamp by using the same
+       timestamp as the committer date.
+
 --skip::
        Skip the current patch.  This is only meaningful when
        restarting an aborted patch.
@@ -97,7 +106,10 @@ default.   You could use `--no-utf8` to override this.
        to the screen before exiting.  This overrides the
        standard message informing you to use `--resolved`
        or `--skip` to handle the failure.  This is solely
-       for internal use between `git-rebase` and `git-am`.
+       for internal use between 'git-rebase' and 'git-am'.
+
+--abort::
+       Restore the original branch and abort the patching operation.
 
 DISCUSSION
 ----------
@@ -140,11 +152,17 @@ aborts in the middle,.  You can recover from this in one of two ways:
   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`
+The command refuses to process new mailboxes while `.git/rebase-apply`
 directory exists, so if you decide to start over from scratch,
-run `rm -f -r .dotest` before running the command with mailbox
+run `rm -f -r .git/rebase-apply` before running the command with mailbox
 names.
 
+Before any patches are applied, ORIG_HEAD is set to the tip of the
+current branch.  This is useful if you have problems with multiple
+commits, like running 'git am' on the wrong branch or an error in the
+commits that is more easily fixed by changing the mailbox (e.g.
+errors in the "From:" lines).
+
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------