Merge branch 'sg/complete-paths'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 4ebc3d32719dfefa988d34b41871f0e9fb969471..67228494c00e1df676723072d0884f7705e532f1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see
 linkgit:git-config[1]).
 
 -p<n>::
-       Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The
-       default is 1.
+       Remove <n> leading path components (separated by slashes) from
+       traditional diff paths. E.g., with `-p2`, a patch against
+       `a/dir/file` will be applied directly to `file`. The default is
+       1.
 
 -C<n>::
        Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before
@@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ 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
+CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 
 apply.ignoreWhitespace::
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ apply.whitespace::
        When no `--whitespace` flag is given from the command
        line, this configuration item is used as the default.
 
-Submodules
+SUBMODULES
 ----------
 If the patch contains any changes to submodules then 'git apply'
 treats these changes as follows.