[PATCH 5/5] apply docs: clarify wording for --intent-to-add
From: Raymond E. Pasco <hidden>
Date: 2025-06-28 23:00:01
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Avoid using a double negative, and keep in mind that --index and --cached are distinct modes of operation. Signed-off-by: Raymond E. Pasco <redacted> --- Documentation/git-apply.adoc | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.adoc b/Documentation/git-apply.adoc
index 952518b8af..a41069c0ab 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.adoc@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ OPTIONS tree. If `--check` is in effect, merely check that it would apply cleanly to the index entry. +-N:: --intent-to-add:: When applying the patch only to the working tree, mark new files to be added to the index later (see `--intent-to-add` - option in linkgit:git-add[1]). This option is ignored unless - running in a Git repository and `--index` is not specified. - Note that `--index` could be implied by other options such - as `--cached` or `--3way`. + option in linkgit:git-add[1]). This option is ignored if + `--index` or `--cached` are used. Note that `--index` could + be implied by other options such as `--3way`. -3:: --3way::
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