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| author | Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> | 2021-12-01 00:05:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-12-01 14:45:59 -0800 |
| commit | ddfc44a898a58311392a5329687a1813d6b94779 (patch) | |
| tree | b264cec304adc063f1f186bd799bebacc03edf53 /Documentation/git-merge.txt | |
| parent | 4496526f80b3e4952036550b279eff8d1babd60a (diff) | |
| download | git-ddfc44a898a58311392a5329687a1813d6b94779.tar.gz | |
update documentation for new zdiff3 conflictStyle
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-merge.txt')
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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index e4f3352eb5..e8cecf5a51 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ from the RCS suite to present such a conflicted hunk, like this: ------------ Here are lines that are either unchanged from the common -ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed. +ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed, +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed the same way. <<<<<<< yours:sample.txt Conflict resolution is hard; let's go shopping. @@ -261,16 +262,37 @@ side wants to say it is hard and you'd prefer to go shopping, while the other side wants to claim it is easy. An alternative style can be used by setting the "merge.conflictStyle" -configuration variable to "diff3". In "diff3" style, the above conflict -may look like this: +configuration variable to either "diff3" or "zdiff3". In "diff3" +style, the above conflict may look like this: ------------ Here are lines that are either unchanged from the common -ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed. +ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed, <<<<<<< yours:sample.txt +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed the same way. Conflict resolution is hard; let's go shopping. -||||||| +||||||| base:sample.txt +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed identically. +Conflict resolution is hard. +======= +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed the same way. +Git makes conflict resolution easy. +>>>>>>> theirs:sample.txt +And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified. +------------ + +while in "zdiff3" style, it may look like this: + +------------ +Here are lines that are either unchanged from the common +ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed, +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed the same way. +<<<<<<< yours:sample.txt +Conflict resolution is hard; +let's go shopping. +||||||| base:sample.txt +or cleanly resolved because both sides changed identically. Conflict resolution is hard. ======= Git makes conflict resolution easy. |