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diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index c76cfffdc6..0a6f7b3219 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 |