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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-am.txt')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index 0c1dfb3c98..e080458d6c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--[no-]keep-cr] [--[no-]utf8] [--no-verify] [--[no-]3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date] [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace] - [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>] + [--whitespace=<action>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>] [--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]] [--patch-format=<format>] [--quoted-cr=<action>] @@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Splits mail messages in a mailbox into commit log message, -authorship information and patches, and applies them to the -current branch. +Splits mail messages in a mailbox into commit log messages, +authorship information, and patches, and applies them to the +current branch. You could think of it as a reverse operation +of linkgit:git-format-patch[1] run on a branch with a straight +history without merges. OPTIONS ------- @@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ OPTIONS --empty=(stop|drop|keep):: By default, or when the option is set to 'stop', the command errors out on an input e-mail message lacking a patch - and stops into the middle of the current am session. When this + and stops in the middle of the current am session. When this option is set to 'drop', skip such an e-mail message instead. When this option is set to 'keep', create an empty commit, recording the contents of the e-mail message as its log. @@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ OPTIONS Pass `-u` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]). The proposed commit log message taken from the e-mail is re-coded into UTF-8 encoding (configuration variable - `i18n.commitEncoding` can be used to specify project's + `i18n.commitEncoding` can be used to specify the project's preferred encoding if it is not UTF-8). + This was optional in prior versions of git, but now it is the @@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ include::rerere-options.txt[] --ignore-space-change:: --ignore-whitespace:: ---whitespace=<option>:: +--whitespace=<action>:: -C<n>:: -p<n>:: --directory=<dir>:: @@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ include::rerere-options.txt[] automatically. This option allows the user to bypass the automatic detection and specify the patch format that the patch(es) should be interpreted as. Valid formats are mbox, mboxrd, - stgit, stgit-series and hg. + stgit, stgit-series, and hg. -i:: --interactive:: @@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ include::rerere-options.txt[] --abort:: Restore the original branch and abort the patching operation. - Revert contents of files involved in the am operation to their + Revert the contents of files involved in the am operation to their pre-am state. --quit:: @@ -273,7 +275,8 @@ include::config/am.txt[] SEE ALSO -------- -linkgit:git-apply[1]. +linkgit:git-apply[1], +linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. GIT --- |