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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-apply - Apply patch on a git index file and a work tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--no-add] [--index-info] [-z] [<patch>...]
+'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--no-add] [--index-info] [--allow-binary-replacement] [-z] [<patch>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ OPTIONS
the result with this option, which would apply the
deletion part but not addition part.
+--allow-binary-replacement::
+ 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.
+
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>