1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 5a47bfbcbd..38dbe7022e 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "add", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 		{ "stage", cmd_add, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 		{ "annotate", cmd_annotate, RUN_SETUP },
-		{ "apply", cmd_apply },
+		{ "apply", cmd_apply, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
 		{ "archive", cmd_archive },
 		{ "bisect--helper", cmd_bisect__helper, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 		{ "blame", cmd_blame, RUN_SETUP },