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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] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--show-files] [--apply] [<patch>...]
+'git-apply' [--stat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--show-files] [--index-info] [-z] [<patch>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ OPTIONS
--show-files::
Show summary of files that are affected by the patch.
+--index-info::
+ Newer git-diff output has embedded 'index information'
+ for each blob to help identify the original version that
+ the patch applies to. When this flag is given, and if
+ the original version of the blob is available locally,
+ outputs information about them to the standard output.
+
+-z::
+ When showing the index information, do not munge paths,
+ but use NUL terminated machine readable format. Without
+ this flag, the pathnames output will have TAB, LF, and
+ backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
+ respectively.
+
--apply::
If you use any of the options marked ``Turns off
"apply"'' above, git-apply reads and outputs the