The blurb for "--cached" says it implies "--index", but in reality "--cached" and "--index" are distinct modes with different behavior. Additionally, the descriptions of "--index" and "--cached" are somewhat unclear about what might be modified, and what "--index" looks for to determine that the index and working copy "match". Rewrite the blurbs for both options for clarity and accuracy. Signed-off-by: Raymond E. Pasco <ray@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- How's this for an updated wording? Documentation/git-apply.txt | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index b9aa39000f..91d9a8601c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -61,18 +61,18 @@ OPTIONS file and detects errors. Turns off "apply". --index:: - When `--check` is in effect, or when applying the patch - (which is the default when none of the options that - disables it is in effect), make sure the patch is - applicable to what the current index file records. If - the file to be patched in the working tree is not - up to date, it is flagged as an error. This flag also - causes the index file to be updated. + Apply the patch to both the index and the working tree (or + merely check that it would apply cleanly to both if `--check` is + in effect). Note that `--index` expects index entries and + working tree copies for relevant paths to be identical (their + contents and metadata such as file mode must match), and will + raise an error if they are not, even if the patch would apply + cleanly to both the index and the working tree in isolation. --cached:: - Apply a patch without touching the working tree. Instead take the - cached data, apply the patch, and store the result in the index - without using the working tree. This implies `--index`. + Apply the patch to just the index, without touching the working + tree. If `--check` is in effect, merely check that it would + apply cleanly to the index entry. --intent-to-add:: When applying the patch only to the working tree, mark new -- 2.28.0.1.gcf60d27c7c
