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| author | Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> | 2009-08-04 13:16:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-08-05 11:59:56 -0700 |
| commit | 86c91f91794cd6af8e19fbe68ab283d567d2b66f (patch) | |
| tree | 2a8f3476997717ddf57d6dadd2c553461028d409 /Documentation/git-apply.txt | |
| parent | 07a4a3b4962e1fd4e40fd877427cddd7428c1bc3 (diff) | |
| download | git-86c91f91794cd6af8e19fbe68ab283d567d2b66f.tar.gz | |
git apply: option to ignore whitespace differences
Introduce --ignore-whitespace option and corresponding config bool to
ignore whitespace differences while applying patches, akin to the
'patch' program.
'git am', 'git rebase' and the bash git completion are made aware of
this option.
Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-apply.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-apply.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index 735374d7df..5ee8c91f2d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse] [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z] [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached] + [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace ] [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>] [--exclude=PATH] [--include=PATH] [--directory=<root>] [--verbose] [<patch>...] @@ -149,6 +150,14 @@ patch to each path is used. A patch to a path that does not match any include/exclude pattern is used by default if there is no include pattern on the command line, and ignored if there is any include pattern. +--ignore-space-change:: +--ignore-whitespace:: + When applying a patch, ignore changes in whitespace in context + lines if necessary. + Context lines will preserve their whitespace, and they will not + undergo whitespace fixing regardless of the value of the + `--whitespace` option. New lines will still be fixed, though. + --whitespace=<action>:: When applying a patch, detect a new or modified line that has whitespace errors. What are considered whitespace errors is @@ -205,6 +214,10 @@ running `git apply --directory=modules/git-gui`. Configuration ------------- +apply.ignorewhitespace:: + Set to 'change' if you want changes in whitespace to be ignored by default. + Set to one of: no, none, never, false if you want changes in + whitespace to be significant. apply.whitespace:: When no `--whitespace` flag is given from the command line, this configuration item is used as the default. |