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NAME
----
-git-applypatch - Some git command not yet documented.
+git-applypatch - Apply one patch extracted from an e-mail.
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-applypatch' [ --option ] <args>...
+'git-applypatch' <msg> <patch> <info> [<signoff>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Does something not yet documented.
+Takes three files <msg>, <patch>, and <info> prepared from an
+e-mail message by 'git-mailinfo', and creates a commit. It is
+usually not necessary to use this command directly.
OPTIONS
-------
---option::
- Some option not yet documented.
+<msg>::
+ Commit log message (sans the first line, which comes
+ from e-mail Subject stored in <info>).
-<args>...::
- Some argument not yet documented.
+<patch>::
+ The patch to apply.
+
+<info>:
+ Author and subject information extracted from e-mail,
+ used on "author" line and as the first line of the
+ commit log message.
Author