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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-07-06 05:20:31 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-07-06 05:20:31 +0000 |
| commit | ba4b9286c25f18c7ebbb809ee5732a7810377ab6 (patch) | |
| tree | 390507328a7564b65dc803683c34235700b97409 /git-merge-file.txt | |
| parent | 05bf9c54a827e48b2b576488f5170a3490b5180e (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-ba4b9286c25f18c7ebbb809ee5732a7810377ab6.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/git-merge-file.txt b/git-merge-file.txt index f057e4995..024ec015a 100644 --- a/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/git-merge-file.txt @@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -`git-file-merge` incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>` +'git-file-merge' incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>` to `<other-file>` into `<current-file>`. The result ordinarily goes into -`<current-file>`. `git-merge-file` is useful for combining separate changes +`<current-file>`. 'git-merge-file' is useful for combining separate changes to an original. Suppose `<base-file>` is the original, and both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` are modifications of `<base-file>`. -Then `git-merge-file` combines both changes. +Then 'git-merge-file' combines both changes. A conflict occurs if both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` have changes -in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, `git-merge-file` +in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, 'git-merge-file' normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with <<<<<<< and >>>>>>> lines. A typical conflict will look like this: @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ the alternatives. The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of conflicts otherwise. If the merge was clean, the exit value is 0. -`git-merge-file` is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS `merge`; that is, it -implements all of RCS merge's functionality which is needed by +'git-merge-file' is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS 'merge'; that is, it +implements all of RCS 'merge''s functionality which is needed by linkgit:git[1]. @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Written by Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Documentation -------------- Documentation by Johannes Schindelin and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>, -with parts copied from the original documentation of RCS merge. +with parts copied from the original documentation of RCS 'merge'. GIT --- |