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| author | Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> | 2023-11-01 19:24:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-11-02 08:51:38 +0900 |
| commit | 8077612ea12e80b20e307e279916710b99fe6362 (patch) | |
| tree | 1f508cfaa959d30538f72848379fc87e38a2f10e /Documentation/git-merge-file.txt | |
| parent | 43c8a30d150ecede9709c1f2527c8fba92c65f40 (diff) | |
| download | git-8077612ea12e80b20e307e279916710b99fe6362.tar.gz | |
git-merge-file doc: drop "-file" from argument placeholders
`git merge-file` takes three positional arguments. Each of them is
documented as `<foo-file>`. In preparation for teaching this command to
alternatively take three object IDs, make these placeholders a bit more
generic by dropping the "-file" parts. Instead, clarify early that the
three arguments are filenames. Even after the next commit, we can afford
to present this file-centric view up front and in the general
discussion, since it will remain the default one.
Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <bk2204@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-merge-file.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-merge-file.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index 7e9093fab6..bf0a18cf02 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -11,19 +11,20 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]] [--ours|--theirs|--union] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] [--marker-size=<n>] - [--[no-]diff3] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file> + [--[no-]diff3] <current> <base> <other> DESCRIPTION ----------- -'git merge-file' 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 -to an original. Suppose `<base-file>` is the original, and both -`<current-file>` and `<other-file>` are modifications of `<base-file>`, +Given three files `<current>`, `<base>` and `<other>`, +'git merge-file' incorporates all changes that lead from `<base>` +to `<other>` into `<current>`. The result ordinarily goes into +`<current>`. 'git merge-file' is useful for combining separate changes +to an original. Suppose `<base>` is the original, and both +`<current>` and `<other>` are modifications of `<base>`, then 'git merge-file' combines both changes. -A conflict occurs if both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` have changes +A conflict occurs if both `<current>` and `<other>` have changes in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, 'git merge-file' normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines containing <<<<<<< and >>>>>>> markers. A typical conflict will look like this: @@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines containing If there are conflicts, the user should edit the result and delete one of the alternatives. When `--ours`, `--theirs`, or `--union` option is in effect, -however, these conflicts are resolved favouring lines from `<current-file>`, -lines from `<other-file>`, or lines from both respectively. The length of the +however, these conflicts are resolved favouring lines from `<current>`, +lines from `<other>`, or lines from both respectively. The length of the conflict markers can be given with the `--marker-size` option. The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of @@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ OPTIONS -p:: Send results to standard output instead of overwriting - `<current-file>`. + `<current>`. -q:: Quiet; do not warn about conflicts. |