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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-09-13 12:39:02 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-09-13 12:39:02 -0700
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Merge branch 'jc/binary'
* jc/binary: diff --binary generates full index on binary files. Make apply --binary a no-op.
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index c76cfffdc..0a6f7b321 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -110,15 +110,10 @@ OPTIONS
deletion part but not addition part.
--allow-binary-replacement, --binary::
- When applying a patch, which is a git-enhanced patch
- that was prepared to record the pre- and post-image object
- name in full, and the path being patched exactly matches
- the object the patch applies to (i.e. "index" line's
- pre-image object name is what is in the working tree),
- and the post-image object is available in the object
- database, use the post-image object as the patch
- result. This allows binary files to be patched in a
- very limited way.
+ Historically we did not allow binary patch applied
+ without an explicit permission from the user, and this
+ flag was the way to do so. Currently we always allow binary
+ patch application, so this is a no-op.
--exclude=<path-pattern>::
Don't apply changes to files matching the given path pattern. This can