Merge branch 'gb/apply-ignore-whitespace'

* gb/apply-ignore-whitespace:
  git apply: option to ignore whitespace differences

4 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 2632c5149e..5256c7fb81 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -461,6 +461,14 @@ it will be treated as a shell command.  For example, defining
 executed from the top-level directory of a repository, which may
 not necessarily be the current directory.
 
+apply.ignorewhitespace::
+	When set to 'change', tells 'git-apply' to ignore changes in
+	whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
+	option.
+	When set to one of: no, none, never, false tells 'git-apply' to
+	respect all whitespace differences.
+	See linkgit:git-apply[1].
+
 apply.whitespace::
 	Tells 'git-apply' how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
 	as the '--whitespace' option. See linkgit:git-apply[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 32e689b2bf..fcacc94650 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--utf8 | --no-utf8]
 	 [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
-	 [--ignore-date]
+	 [--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
 	 [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
 	 [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
 	 [<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ default.   You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
 	it is supposed to apply to and we have those blobs
 	available locally.
 
+--ignore-date::
+--ignore-space-change::
+--ignore-whitespace::
 --whitespace=<option>::
 -C<n>::
 -p<n>::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 735374d7df..5ee8c91f2d 100644
--- 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>...]
@@ -149,6 +150,14 @@ 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 +214,10 @@ 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.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index db1b71d248..0aefc34d0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	exit with the message "Current branch is up to date" in such a
 	situation.
 
+--ignore-whitespace::
 --whitespace=<option>::
-	This flag is passed to the 'git-apply' program
+	These flag are passed to the 'git-apply' program
 	(see linkgit:git-apply[1]) that applies the patch.
 	Incompatible with the --interactive option.