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diff --git a/user-manual.txt b/user-manual.txt index dc9c6a663..aa385137a 100644 --- a/user-manual.txt +++ b/user-manual.txt @@ -1343,6 +1343,33 @@ $ git diff -3 file.txt # diff against stage 3 $ git diff --theirs file.txt # same as the above. ------------------------------------------------- +When using the 'ort' merge strategy (the default), before updating the working +tree with the result of the merge, Git writes a special ref named AUTO_MERGE +reflecting the state of the tree it is about to write. Conflicted paths with +textual conflicts that could not be automatically merged are written to this +tree with conflict markers, just as in the working tree. AUTO_MERGE can thus be +used with linkgit:git-diff[1] to show the changes you've made so far to resolve +conflicts. Using the same example as above, after resolving the conflict we +get: + +------------------------------------------------- +$ git diff AUTO_MERGE +diff --git a/file.txt b/file.txt +index cd10406..8bf5ae7 100644 +--- a/file.txt ++++ b/file.txt +@@ -1,5 +1 @@ +-<<<<<<< HEAD:file.txt +-Hello world +-======= +-Goodbye +->>>>>>> 77976da35a11db4580b80ae27e8d65caf5208086:file.txt ++Goodbye world +------------------------------------------------- + +Notice that the diff shows we deleted the conflict markers and both versions of +the content line, and wrote "Goodbye world" instead. + The linkgit:git-log[1] and linkgit:gitk[1] commands also provide special help for merges: |