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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-05-10 21:08:29 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-07-09 21:40:03 (GMT)
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apply: document --3way option
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -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]
+'git apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--3way]
[--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse]
[--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
[-p<n>] [-C<n>] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ OPTIONS
cached data, apply the patch, and store the result in the index
without using the working tree. This implies `--index`.
+-3::
+--3way::
+ When the patch does not apply cleanly, fall back on 3-way merge if
+ the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to,
+ and we have those blobs available locally, possibly leaving the
+ conflict markers in the files in the working tree for the user to
+ resolve. This option implies the `--index` option, and is incompatible
+ with the `--reject` and the `--cached` options.
+
--build-fake-ancestor=<file>::
Newer 'git diff' output has embedded 'index information'
for each blob to help identify the original version that