# [PATCH] Documentation for git-applypatch.

1 messages from 2005-08-30 to 2005-08-30. Participants: A Large Angry SCM.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1694

## A Large Angry SCM, 2005-08-30 02:30

Subject: [PATCH] Documentation for git-applypatch.
Message-ID: <4313C4C8.8050301@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4313C4C8.8050301%40gmail.com

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Copy & paste source comments into documentation.

Signed-off-by:  <gitzilla@gmail.com>


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 Documentation/git-applypatch.txt |   22 +++++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/Documentation/git-applypatch.txt b/Documentation/git-applypatch.txt
--- a/Documentation/git-applypatch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-applypatch.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,30 @@ git-applypatch(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-applypatch - Some git command not yet documented.
-
+git-applypatch - Apply an unpacked patch to current tree.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-applypatch' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-applypatch' <message file> <patch file> <info file> [<signoff file>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Does something not yet documented.
-
+Takes four file arguments, and uses those to apply the unpacked patch that they
+represent to the current tree.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---option::
-	Some option not yet documented.
+<message file::
+	File with commit message.
+
+<patch file>::
+	File with the actual patch.
 
-<args>...::
-	Some argument not yet documented.
+<info file>::
+	File with Author, Email, and Subject information.
 
+<signoff file>::
+	File containing signoff ot add.
 
 Author
 ------

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