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authorLibravatar Remi Lespinet <remi.lespinet@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr>2015-08-04 22:19:26 +0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-08-04 22:02:11 -0700
commite97a5e765db06995c3b027a5d7dceb6b4f2cba02 (patch)
treed71ed7a58af0117f5e84fbf3544128a59ed18ac1 /Documentation
parentbuiltin-am: remove redirection to git-am.sh (diff)
downloadtgif-e97a5e765db06995c3b027a5d7dceb6b4f2cba02.tar.xz
git-am: add am.threeWay config variable
Add the am.threeWay configuration variable to use the -3 or --3way option of git am by default. When am.threeway is set and not desired for a specific git am command, the --no-3way option can be used to override it. Signed-off-by: Remi Lespinet <remi.lespinet@ensimag.grenoble-inp.fr> Signed-off-by: Paul Tan <pyokagan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt7
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 315f2710af..fb3fc57911 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -769,6 +769,14 @@ am.keepcr::
by giving '--no-keep-cr' from the command line.
See linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-mailsplit[1].
+am.threeWay::
+ By default, `git am` will fail if the patch does not apply cleanly. When
+ set to true, this setting tells `git am` to fall back on 3-way merge if
+ the patch records the identity of blobs it is supposed to apply to and
+ we have those blobs available locally (equivalent to giving the `--3way`
+ option from the command line). Defaults to `false`.
+ See linkgit:git-am[1].
+
apply.ignoreWhitespace::
When set to 'change', tells 'git apply' to ignore changes in
whitespace, in the same way as the '--ignore-space-change'
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 0d8ba48f79..dbea6e7ae9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--[no-]keep-cr] [--[no-]utf8]
- [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
+ [--[no-]3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
[--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
[--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
[--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
@@ -90,10 +90,13 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
-3::
--3way::
+--no-3way::
When the patch does not apply cleanly, fall back on
3-way merge if the patch records the identity of blobs
it is supposed to apply to and we have those blobs
- available locally.
+ available locally. `--no-3way` can be used to override
+ am.threeWay configuration variable. For more information,
+ see am.threeWay in linkgit:git-config[1].
--ignore-space-change::
--ignore-whitespace::