Reference

git-applypatch(1)

Apply one patch extracted from an e-mail

NAME

git-applypatch - Apply one patch extracted from an e-mail

SYNOPSIS

git-applypatch <msg> <patch> <info> [<signoff>]

DESCRIPTION

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.

This command can run applypatch-msg, pre-applypatch, and post-applypatch hooks. See [1]hooks for more information.

OPTIONS

<msg>

Commit log message (sans the first line, which comes from e-mail Subject stored in <info>).

<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

Written by Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <[email protected]>.

GIT

Part of the git(7) suite

REFERENCES

1. hooks

hooks.html