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authorJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2008-07-15 15:49:03 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2008-07-15 15:49:03 +0000
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@@ -685,7 +685,9 @@ fail.</td>
(that is, it may fetch the objects from remote, and it may even
update the local branch used to keep track of the remote branch
with <tt>git pull remote rbranch:lbranch</tt>, but your working tree,
-<tt>.git/HEAD</tt> pointer and index file are left intact).</p></div>
+<tt>.git/HEAD</tt> pointer and index file are left intact). In addition,
+merge always sets <tt>.git/ORIG_HEAD</tt> to the original state of HEAD so
+a problematic merge can be removed by using <tt>git reset ORIG_HEAD</tt>.</p></div>
<div class="para"><p>You may have local modifications in the working tree files. In
other words, <em>git-diff</em> is allowed to report changes.
However, the merge uses your working tree as the working area,
@@ -809,7 +811,7 @@ Resolve the conflicts. <tt>git diff</tt> would report only the
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-Last updated 2008-07-06 05:16:54 UTC
+Last updated 2008-07-15 15:48:34 UTC
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