git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

[PATCH] Update git-apply documentation

From
Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net>
Date
Apr 16, 2007, 06:20 UTC
Message-ID
<20070416062040.GD19759@localdomain>
In-Reply-To
<20070416053525.GA18821@localdomain>

Document -v (short form of --verbose). Redo usage to not wrap on 80 column terminal with typical settings.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net>
---
 Documentation/git-apply.txt |   13 +++++++------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 065ba1b..3bd2c99 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ git-apply - Apply a patch on a git index file and a working tree
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply]
-	  [--no-add] [--index-info] [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary]
-	  [-R | --reverse] [--reject] [-z] [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof]
-	  [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip>] [--exclude=PATH]
-	  [--cached] [--verbose] [<patch>...]
+'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index]
+	  [--apply] [--no-add] [--index-info] [-R | --reverse]
+	  [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
+	  [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--cached]
+	  [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip>]
+	  [--exclude=PATH] [--verbose] [<patch>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ discouraged.
 	correctly. This option adds support for applying such patches by
 	working around this bug.
 
---verbose::
+-v, --verbose::
 	Report progress to stderr. By default, only a message about the
 	current patch being applied will be printed. This option will cause
 	additional information to be reported.
-- 
1.5.1.1.98.gedb4f-dirty
Previous: Andrew RuderNext: Andrew Ruder
Message 14 of 18 in “Add policy on user-interface changes”
  1. Add policy on user-interface changesAndrew Ruder, Apr 16, 2007
  2. Update git-am documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 16, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  4. Update git-am documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 16, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  6. Update git-am documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 16, 2007
  7. Update git-applymbox documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 16, 2007
  8. Update git-applymbox documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 16, 2007
  9. Update git-annotate/git-blame documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 16, 2007
  10. Alex RiesenApr 16, 2007
  11. Andrew RuderApr 16, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2007
  13. Update git-annotate/git-blame documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 17, 2007
  14. Update git-apply documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 16, 2007
  15. Update git-archive documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 19, 2007
  16. Update git-cherry-pick documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 19, 2007
  17. Fix unmatched emphasis tag in git-tutorialAndrew Ruder, Apr 19, 2007
  18. Update git-config documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 19, 2007

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.