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Reads the supplied diff output (i.e. "a patch") and applies it to files.
With the `--index` option the patch is also applied to the index, and
-with the `--cache` option the patch is only applied to the index.
+with the `--cached` option the patch is only applied to the index.
Without these options, the command applies the patch only to files,
and does not require them to be in a git repository.
are ignored and only the absence or presence of the corresponding
subdirectory is checked and (if possible) updated.
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SEE ALSO
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linkgit:git-am[1].
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-Author
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-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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-Documentation
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-Documentation by Junio C Hamano
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GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite