input. Turns off "apply".

--numstat::

deleted lines in decimal notation and the pathname without

abbreviation, to make it more machine friendly. For

binary files, outputs two `-` instead of saying

file and detects errors. Turns off "apply".

--index::

(which is the default when none of the options that

disables it is in effect), make sure the patch is

applicable to what the current index file records. If

--cached::

Apply a patch without touching the working tree. Instead take the

cached data, apply the patch, and store the result in the index

--build-fake-ancestor=<file>::

Newer 'git-diff' output has embedded 'index information'

By default, 'git-apply' expects that the patch being

applied is a unified diff with at least one line of context.

This provides good safety measures, but breaks down when

+

Note, for the reasons stated above usage of context-free patches is

discouraged.

be useful when importing patchsets, where you want to include certain

files or directories.

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order they appear on the command line, and the first match determines if a

patch to each path is used. A patch to a path that does not match any

include/exclude pattern is used by default if there is no include pattern

If the patch contains any changes to submodules then 'git-apply'

treats these changes as follows.

commits must match the index exactly for the patch to apply. If any

of the submodules are checked-out, then these check-outs are completely

ignored, i.e., they are not required to be up-to-date or clean and they

are not updated.

are ignored and only the absence or presence of the corresponding

subdirectory is checked and (if possible) updated.