Merge branch 'jc/rebase-limit'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index e928088e44f5ea364019a8c101049739ff9e78fa..75076b61216c7ee5ce0a55e5a7c578f5f06b6187 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ git-apply - Apply patch on a git index file and a work tree
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-apply' [--stat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--show-files] [--index-info] [-z] [<patch>...]
+[verse]
+'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply]
+         [--no-add] [--index-info] [--allow-binary-replacement] [-z] [-pNUM]
+         [<patch>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -25,6 +28,12 @@ OPTIONS
        Instead of applying the patch, output diffstat for the
        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
@@ -45,9 +54,6 @@ OPTIONS
        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
@@ -62,6 +68,10 @@ OPTIONS
        backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
        respectively.
 
+-p<n>::
+       Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The
+       default is 1.
+
 --apply::
        If you use any of the options marked ``Turns off
        "apply"'' above, git-apply reads and outputs the
@@ -69,6 +79,23 @@ OPTIONS
        patch.  Give this flag after those flags to also apply
        the patch.
 
+--no-add::
+       When applying a patch, ignore additions made by the
+       patch.  This can be used to extract common part between
+       two files by first running `diff` on them and applying
+       the result with this option, which would apply the
+       deletion part but not addition part.
+
+--allow-binary-replacement::
+       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.
 
 Author
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