From: Björn Gustavsson Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:19:45 GMT Subject: [PATCH 2/4] apply: apply works outside a repository Message-ID: <4B0964A1.2040302@gmail.com> The documentation for 'git apply' talks about applying a patch/diff to the index and to the working tree, which seems to imply that it will not work outside a git repository. Actually 'git patch' works outside a repository (which can be useful especially for applying binary or rename patches that the standard "patch" utility cannot handle), so the documentation should mention it. Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson --- Documentation/git-apply.txt | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index 4f791ee..6857a68 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ DESCRIPTION Reads supplied 'diff' output and applies it on a git index file and a work tree. +'git-apply' can also be used outside a git repository as long +as no options that require a git repository are given +(e.g. `--index` or `--cached`). + OPTIONS ------- ...:: -- 1.6.5.3.298.g39add