--numstat::
Similar to \--stat, but shows number of added and
deleted lines in decimal notation and pathname without
- abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly. Turns
- off "apply".
+ abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly. For
+ binary files, outputs two `-` instead of saying
+ `0 0`. Turns off "apply".
--summary::
Instead of applying the patch, output a condensed
For atomicity, gitlink:git-apply[1] by default fails the whole patch and
does not touch the working tree when some of the hunks
do not apply. This option makes it apply
- the parts of the patch that are applicable, and send the
- rejected hunks to the standard output of the command.
+ the parts of the patch that are applicable, and leave the
+ rejected hunks in corresponding *.rej files.
-z::
When showing the index information, do not munge paths,
context exist they all must match. By default no context is
ever ignored.
+--unidiff-zero::
+ By default, gitlink:git-apply[1] expects that the patch being
+ applied is a unified diff with at least one line of context.
+ This provides good safety measures, but breaks down when
+ applying a diff generated with --unified=0. To bypass these
+ checks use '--unidiff-zero'.
++
+Note, for the reasons stated above usage of context-free patches are
+discouraged.
+
--apply::
If you use any of the options marked "Turns off
'apply'" above, gitlink:git-apply[1] reads and outputs the
deletion part but not addition part.
--allow-binary-replacement, --binary::
- When applying a patch, which is a git-enhanced patch
- that was prepared to record the pre- and post-image object
- name in full, and the path being patched exactly matches
- the object the patch applies to (i.e. "index" line's
- pre-image object name is what is in the working tree),
- and the post-image object is available in the object
- database, use the post-image object as the patch
- result. This allows binary files to be patched in a
- very limited way.
+ Historically we did not allow binary patch applied
+ without an explicit permission from the user, and this
+ flag was the way to do so. Currently we always allow binary
+ patch application, so this is a no-op.
--exclude=<path-pattern>::
Don't apply changes to files matching the given path pattern. This can
* `strip` outputs warnings for a few such errors, strips out the
trailing whitespaces and applies the patch.
---inacurate-eof::
+--inaccurate-eof::
Under certain circumstances, some versions of diff do not correctly
detect a missing new-line at the end of the file. As a result, patches
created by such diff programs do not record incomplete lines