The documentation for 'git apply' talks about applying a
patch/diff to the index and to the working tree, which seems
to imply that it will not work outside a git repository.
Actually 'git patch' works outside a repository (which can
be useful especially for applying binary or rename patches that
the standard "patch" utility cannot handle), so the documentation
should mention it.
Signed-off-by: Björn Gustavsson <redacted>
---
Documentation/git-apply.txt | 4 ++++
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 4f791ee..6857a68 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ DESCRIPTION
Reads supplied 'diff' output and applies it on a git index file
and a work tree.
+'git-apply' can also be used outside a git repository as long
+as no options that require a git repository are given
+(e.g. `--index` or `--cached`).
+
OPTIONS
-------
<patch>...::
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