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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-01-20 20:28:50 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-01-20 20:28:50 -0800
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parentDocument that merge strategies can now take their own options (diff)
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Merge branch 'ap/merge-backend-opts'
* ap/merge-backend-opts: Document that merge strategies can now take their own options Extend merge-subtree tests to test -Xsubtree=dir. Make "subtree" part more orthogonal to the rest of merge-recursive. pull: Fix parsing of -X<option> Teach git-pull to pass -X<option> to git-merge git merge -X<option> git-merge-file --ours, --theirs Conflicts: git-compat-util.h
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@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]]
- [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file>
+ [--ours|--theirs] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet]
+ <current-file> <base-file> <other-file>
DESCRIPTION
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines containing
>>>>>>> B
If there are conflicts, the user should edit the result and delete one of
-the alternatives.
+the alternatives. When `--ours` or `--theirs` option is in effect, however,
+these conflicts are resolved favouring lines from `<current-file>` or
+lines from `<other-file>` respectively.
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.
@@ -62,6 +65,11 @@ OPTIONS
-q::
Quiet; do not warn about conflicts.
+--ours::
+--theirs::
+ Instead of leaving conflicts in the file, resolve conflicts
+ favouring our (or their) side of the lines.
+
EXAMPLES
--------