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apply: clarify "-p" documentation

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We're not really removing slashes, but slash-separated path
components. Let's make that more clear.

Reported-by: kelly elton <its.the.doc@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jeff King 2018-05-10 10:29:24 -04:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see
linkgit:git-config[1]).
-p<n>::
Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The
default is 1.
Remove <n> leading path components (separated by slashes) from
traditional diff paths. E.g., with `-p2`, a patch against
`a/dir/file` will be applied directly to `file`. The default is
1.
-C<n>::
Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before