git-apply(1)
============
-v0.1, June 2005
NAME
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-git-apply - Apply patch on a GIT index file and a work tree
+git-apply - Apply patch on a git index file and a work tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-apply' [--no-merge] [--stat] [--summary] [--check]
-[--index] [--show-files] [-] [<file>...]
+'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--index-info] [-z] [<patch>...]
DESCRIPTION
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-Reads supplied diff output and applies it on a GIT index file
+Reads supplied diff output and applies it on a git index file
and a work tree.
OPTIONS
-------
-<file>...::
- The files to read patch from.
-
--::
- Instead of reading from a file, read from standard input.
-
---no-merge::
- The default mode of operation is the merge behaviour
- which is not quite implemented yet. This flag
- explicitly tells the program not to use the merge
- behaviour.
+<patch>...::
+ The files to read patch from. '-' can be used to read
+ from the standard input.
--stat::
Instead of applying the patch, output diffstat for the
- input.
+ input. Turns off "apply".
+
+--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".
--summary::
Instead of applying the patch, output a condensed
summary of information obtained from git diff extended
headers, such as creations, renames and mode changes.
+ Turns off "apply".
--check::
Instead of applying the patch, see if the patch is
applicable to the current work tree and/or the index
- file and detects errors.
+ file and detects errors. Turns off "apply".
--index::
When --check is in effect, or when applying the patch
up-to-date, it is flagged as an error. This flag also
causes the index file to be updated.
---show-files::
- Show summary of files that are affected by the patch.
+--index-info::
+ Newer git-diff output has embedded 'index information'
+ for each blob to help identify the original version that
+ the patch applies to. When this flag is given, and if
+ the original version of the blob is available locally,
+ outputs information about them to the standard output.
+
+-z::
+ When showing the index information, do not munge paths,
+ but use NUL terminated machine readable format. Without
+ this flag, the pathnames output will have TAB, LF, and
+ backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
+ respectively.
+
+--apply::
+ If you use any of the options marked ``Turns off
+ "apply"'' above, git-apply reads and outputs the
+ information you asked without actually applying the
+ patch. Give this flag after those flags to also apply
+ the patch.
Author
GIT
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-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite