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"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@dev.mellanox.co.il> writes:

> I did this by mistake:
>
> $git fet linux-2.6
> git: 'fet' is not a git-command
>
> The most commonly used git commands are:
>    add     Add file contents to the changeset to be committed next
>    apply   Apply a patch on a git index file and a working tree
> (use 'git help -a' to get a list of all installed git commands)
>
> why does git say that add and apply are most commonly used git commands?

Perhaps they are most commonly used by the person who came up
with that list first ;-)?

I think "add" deserves to be there, I am not sure "apply" is.