Clarify and correct -z

diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 735374d7df7e8d0e967dce7750f41aabff9a095f..0156ca9112255d50f94680f6b72b1e8395f37b3e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
          [--apply] [--no-add] [--build-fake-ancestor=<file>] [-R | --reverse]
          [--allow-binary-replacement | --binary] [--reject] [-z]
          [-pNUM] [-CNUM] [--inaccurate-eof] [--recount] [--cached]
+         [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace ]
          [--whitespace=<nowarn|warn|fix|error|error-all>]
          [--exclude=PATH] [--include=PATH] [--directory=<root>]
          [--verbose] [<patch>...]
@@ -86,11 +87,13 @@ the information is read from the current index instead.
        rejected hunks in corresponding *.rej files.
 
 -z::
-       When showing the index information, do not munge paths,
-       but use NUL terminated machine readable format.  Without
-       this flag, the pathnames output will have TAB, LF, and
-       backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
-       respectively.
+       When `--numstat` has been given, do not munge pathnames,
+       but use a NUL-terminated machine-readable format.
++
+Without this option, each pathname output will have TAB, LF, double quotes,
+and backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, `\"`, and `\\`,
+respectively, and the pathname will be enclosed in double quotes if
+any of those replacements occurred.
 
 -p<n>::
        Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The
@@ -149,6 +152,14 @@ patch to each path is used.  A patch to a path that does not match any
 include/exclude pattern is used by default if there is no include pattern
 on the command line, and ignored if there is any include pattern.
 
+--ignore-space-change::
+--ignore-whitespace::
+       When applying a patch, ignore changes in whitespace in context
+       lines if necessary.
+       Context lines will preserve their whitespace, and they will not
+       undergo whitespace fixing regardless of the value of the
+       `--whitespace` option. New lines will still be fixed, though.
+
 --whitespace=<action>::
        When applying a patch, detect a new or modified line that has
        whitespace errors.  What are considered whitespace errors is
@@ -205,6 +216,10 @@ running `git apply --directory=modules/git-gui`.
 Configuration
 -------------
 
+apply.ignorewhitespace::
+       Set to 'change' if you want changes in whitespace to be ignored by default.
+       Set to one of: no, none, never, false if you want changes in
+       whitespace to be significant.
 apply.whitespace::
        When no `--whitespace` flag is given from the command
        line, this configuration item is used as the default.