apply: reject input that touches outside the working area

diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index f605327946f1bc72a62a6129d7e783162853ad51..9489664cfa6c15725a5153ed3856b70061c6787f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
          [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace ]
          [--whitespace=(nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all)]
          [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--directory=<root>]
-         [--verbose] [<patch>...]
+         [--verbose] [--unsafe-paths] [<patch>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -229,6 +229,16 @@ For example, a patch that talks about updating `a/git-gui.sh` to `b/git-gui.sh`
 can be applied to the file in the working tree `modules/git-gui/git-gui.sh` by
 running `git apply --directory=modules/git-gui`.
 
+--unsafe-paths::
+       By default, a patch that affects outside the working area
+       (either a Git controlled working tree, or the current working
+       directory when "git apply" is used as a replacement of GNU
+       patch) is rejected as a mistake (or a mischief).
++
+When `git apply` is used as a "better GNU patch", the user can pass
+the `--unsafe-paths` option to override this safety check.  This option
+has no effect when `--index` or `--cached` is in use.
+
 Configuration
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