[--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
[-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
[--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>]
- [--exclude=PATH] [--verbose] [<patch>...]
+ [--exclude=PATH] [--
directory=<root>] [--verbose] [<patch>...]
DESCRIPTION
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by inspecting the patch (e.g. after editing the patch without
adjusting the hunk headers appropriately).
+--directory=<root>::
+ Prepend <root> to all filenames. If a "-p" argument was passed, too,
+ it is applied before prepending the new root.
++
+For example, a patch that talks about updating `a/git-gui.sh` to `b/git-gui.sh`
+can be applied to the file in the working tree `modules/git-gui/git-gui.sh` by
+running `git apply --directory=modules/git-gui`.
+
Configuration
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