documentation: add tutorial for first contribution

diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 67228494c00e1df676723072d0884f7705e532f1..b9aa39000fc8aa77d69751d9409a957139c2cff7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-apply - Apply a patch to files and/or to the index
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--3way]
+'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index | --intent-to-add] [--3way]
          [--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse]
          [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
          [-p<n>] [-C<n>] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ OPTIONS
        cached data, apply the patch, and store the result in the index
        without using the working tree. This implies `--index`.
 
+--intent-to-add::
+       When applying the patch only to the working tree, mark new
+       files to be added to the index later (see `--intent-to-add`
+       option in linkgit:git-add[1]). This option is ignored unless
+       running in a Git repository and `--index` is not specified.
+       Note that `--index` could be implied by other options such
+       as `--cached` or `--3way`.
+
 -3::
 --3way::
        When the patch does not apply cleanly, fall back on 3-way merge if