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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-11-23 13:28:53 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-11-23 13:28:53 -0800 |
commit | 3686aa1caf907d22fe318c28efe93f0e7870ba50 (patch) | |
tree | f99a303bd14c7343be7ccc5b9df5382f1bf79246 /Documentation/git-merge-file.txt | |
parent | imap-send: Remove unused 'use_namespace' variable (diff) | |
parent | documentation fix: git difftool uses diff tools, not merge tools. (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'maint' into tj/imap-send-remove-unused
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documentation fix: git difftool uses diff tools, not merge tools.
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d7db2a3737 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +git-merge-file(1) +================= + +NAME +---- +git-merge-file - Run a three-way file merge + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]] + [--ours|--theirs|--union] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] [--marker-size=<n>] + <current-file> <base-file> <other-file> + + +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>`, +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' +normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines containing +<<<<<<< and >>>>>>> markers. A typical conflict will look like this: + + <<<<<<< A + lines in file A + ======= + lines in file B + >>>>>>> B + +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 +conflict markers can be given with the `--marker-size` option. + +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 +linkgit:git[1]. + + +OPTIONS +------- + +-L <label>:: + This option may be given up to three times, and + specifies labels to be used in place of the + corresponding file names in conflict reports. That is, + `git merge-file -L x -L y -L z a b c` generates output that + looks like it came from files x, y and z instead of + from files a, b and c. + +-p:: + Send results to standard output instead of overwriting + `<current-file>`. + +-q:: + Quiet; do not warn about conflicts. + +--ours:: +--theirs:: +--union:: + Instead of leaving conflicts in the file, resolve conflicts + favouring our (or their or both) side of the lines. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +`git merge-file README.my README README.upstream`:: + + combines the changes of README.my and README.upstream since README, + tries to merge them and writes the result into README.my. + +`git merge-file -L a -L b -L c tmp/a123 tmp/b234 tmp/c345`:: + + merges tmp/a123 and tmp/c345 with the base tmp/b234, but uses labels + `a` and `c` instead of `tmp/a123` and `tmp/c345`. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |