[verse]
'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply]
[--no-add] [--index-info] [--allow-binary-replacement] [-z] [-pNUM]
+ [-CNUM] [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip>]
[<patch>...]
DESCRIPTION
Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The
default is 1.
+-C<n>::
+ Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before
+ and after each change. When fewer lines of surrounding
+ context exist they all most match. By default no context is
+ ever ignored.
+
--apply::
If you use any of the options marked ``Turns off
"apply"'' above, git-apply reads and outputs the
result. This allows binary files to be patched in a
very limited way.
+--whitespace=<option>::
+ When applying a patch, detect a new or modified line
+ that ends with trailing whitespaces (this includes a
+ line that solely consists of whitespaces). By default,
+ the command outputs warning messages and applies the
+ patch.
+ When `git-apply` is used for statistics and not applying a
+ patch, it defaults to `nowarn`.
+ You can use different `<option>` to control this
+ behaviour:
++
+* `nowarn` turns off the trailing whitespace warning.
+* `warn` outputs warnings for a few such errors, but applies the
+ patch (default).
+* `error` outputs warnings for a few such errors, and refuses
+ to apply the patch.
+* `error-all` is similar to `error` but shows all errors.
+* `strip` outputs warnings for a few such errors, strips out the
+ trailing whitespaces and applies the patch.
+
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+apply.whitespace::
+ When no `--whitespace` flag is given from the command
+ line, this configuration item is used as the default.
+
+
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>