Jeff King <p...@peff.net> writes: > How about this? > > -- >8 -- > Subject: [PATCH] apply: clarify "-p" documentation > > We're not really removing slashes, but slash-separated path > components. Let's make that more clear. > > Reported-by: kelly elton <its.the....@gmail.com> > Signed-off-by: Jeff King <p...@peff.net> > --- > Documentation/git-apply.txt | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt > index 4ebc3d3271..c993fbf714 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt > @@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ explained for the configuration variable > `core.quotePath` (see > linkgit:git-config[1]). > > -p<n>:: > - Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The > - default is 1. > + Remove <n> leading path components (separated by slashes) from > + traditional diff paths. E.g., with `-p2`, a patch against > + `a/dir/file` will be applied directly to `file`. The default is > + 1.
Thanks for an obvious improvement. Will queue. > > -C<n>:: > Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before
