From: Raymond E. Pasco <ray@ameretat.dev>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:52:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-apply.txt: correct description of --cached
Message-ID: <C4VBE1MG0QCG.3LQF9NB19E45T@ziyou.local>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqzh6z654a.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

On Wed Aug 12, 2020 at 3:23 PM EDT, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> An error is raised if the file in the working tree being patched
> has contents different from what is registered in the index.
>
> captures most of it, but still misses the "cached stat information
> also must match" part.

As a point of pedantry, it checks the preimages (don't want docs readers
to be worried it might somehow touch something and *then* error out).

I'll see if I can think of a succinct wording while I'm updating some of
the other patches.