grep: run setup_git_directory_gently() sooner

diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 8463439ac5047d5f1921db4d6f2d765e7728c73b..4a74b23d403d970643fcb8e0438ab6649f54e54c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ with the `--cache` option the patch is only applied to the index.
 Without these options, the command applies the patch only to files,
 and does not require them to be in a git repository.
 
+This command applies the patch but does not create a commit.  Use
+linkgit:git-am[1] to create commits from patches generated by
+linkgit:git-format-patch[1] and/or received by email.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <patch>...::
@@ -242,6 +246,12 @@ If `--index` is not specified, then the submodule commits in the patch
 are ignored and only the absence or presence of the corresponding
 subdirectory is checked and (if possible) updated.
 
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-am[1].
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>