6 git-apply - Apply patch on a git index file and a work tree
11 'git-apply' [--stat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--index-info] [-z] [<patch>...]
15 Reads supplied diff output and applies it on a git index file
21 The files to read patch from. '-' can be used to read
22 from the standard input.
25 Instead of applying the patch, output diffstat for the
26 input. Turns off "apply".
29 Instead of applying the patch, output a condensed
30 summary of information obtained from git diff extended
31 headers, such as creations, renames and mode changes.
35 Instead of applying the patch, see if the patch is
36 applicable to the current work tree and/or the index
37 file and detects errors. Turns off "apply".
40 When --check is in effect, or when applying the patch
41 (which is the default when none of the options that
42 disables it is in effect), make sure the patch is
43 applicable to what the current index file records. If
44 the file to be patched in the work tree is not
45 up-to-date, it is flagged as an error. This flag also
46 causes the index file to be updated.
49 Newer git-diff output has embedded 'index information'
50 for each blob to help identify the original version that
51 the patch applies to. When this flag is given, and if
52 the original version of the blob is available locally,
53 outputs information about them to the standard output.
56 When showing the index information, do not munge paths,
57 but use NUL terminated machine readable format. Without
58 this flag, the pathnames output will have TAB, LF, and
59 backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
63 If you use any of the options marked ``Turns off
64 "apply"'' above, git-apply reads and outputs the
65 information you asked without actually applying the
66 patch. Give this flag after those flags to also apply
72 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
76 Documentation by Junio C Hamano
80 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite