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| author | Raymond E. Pasco <ray@ameretat.dev> | 2025-07-07 08:12:33 -0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-07-07 06:41:11 -0700 |
| commit | 2b49d97fcb8fb2f39ded5b00f0f1a8824267c89e (patch) | |
| tree | 8bcf615335efa968aa3510e2a8c8c95f049890ca | |
| parent | t4140: test apply --intent-to-add interactions (diff) | |
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apply docs: clarify wording for --intent-to-add
Avoid using a double negative, and keep in mind that --index and
--cached are distinct modes of operation.
Signed-off-by: Raymond E. Pasco <ray@ameretat.dev>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-apply.adoc | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.adoc b/Documentation/git-apply.adoc index 952518b8af..6c71ee69da 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.adoc @@ -75,13 +75,14 @@ OPTIONS tree. If `--check` is in effect, merely check that it would apply cleanly to the index entry. +-N:: --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`. + option in linkgit:git-add[1]). This option is ignored if + `--index` or `--cached` are used, and has no effect outside a Git + repository. Note that `--index` could be implied by other options + such as `--3way`. -3:: --3way:: |