Implement limited context matching in git-apply.

[git.git] / Documentation / git-apply.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 1c64a1a..e93ea1f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git-apply' [--stat] [--numstat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply]
          [--no-add] [--index-info] [--allow-binary-replacement] [-z] [-pNUM]
-         [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip>]
+         [-CNUM] [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip>]
          [<patch>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ OPTIONS
        Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The
        default is 1.
 
+-C<n>::
+       Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before
+       and after each change.  When fewer lines of surrounding
+       context exist they all most match.  By default no context is
+       ever ignored.
+
 --apply::
        If you use any of the options marked ``Turns off
        "apply"'' above, git-apply reads and outputs the