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authorAndreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>2010-02-17 16:49:12 +0100
committerAndreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de>2010-02-17 16:49:12 +0100
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Clarify the description of the -N option
* patch.man: Clarify the description of the -N option.
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@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ This option implies \fB\*=forward\fP and does not take the
Interpret the patch file as a normal diff.
.TP
\fB\-N\fP or \fB\*=forward\fP
-Ignore patches that seem to be reversed or already applied.
+Ignore patches that seem to be reversed or already applied. It is only checked if
+the first hunk of a patch can be reversed.
See also
.BR \-R .
.TP