glossary: define the term shallow clone

diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index a2b97582fe010ffcab70db30e006a7a94d6b767b..9adce372ec6e6ec0d371c411da1e5002baea5f51 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
         [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
         [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
         [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
-        [--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]]
+        [--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]] [--patch-format=<format>]
         [(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...]
 'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort)
 
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ default.   You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
        program that applies
        the patch.
 
+--patch-format::
+       By default the command will try to detect the patch format
+       automatically. This option allows the user to bypass the automatic
+       detection and specify the patch format that the patch(es) should be
+       interpreted as. Valid formats are mbox, stgit, stgit-series and hg.
+
 -i::
 --interactive::
        Run interactively.