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| author |  Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com> | 2021-07-23 12:14:28 +0000 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2021-07-23 15:45:35 -0700 |
| commit | fd441eb612b28e2b0f512ad6d98859c9e82a2cbd (patch) | |
| tree | b894d916a3a76532a66609ab9d14965dad7947f3 /Documentation | |
| parent | merge: add missing word "strategy" to a message (diff) | |
| download | tgif-fd441eb612b28e2b0f512ad6d98859c9e82a2cbd.tar.xz | |
Documentation: define 'MERGE_AUTOSTASH'
The documentation for 'git merge --abort' and 'git merge --quit' both
mention the special ref 'MERGE_AUTOSTASH', but this ref is not formally
defined anywhere. Mention it in the description of the '--autostash'
option for 'git merge'.
Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/merge-options.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index eb0aabd396..52565014c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ endif::git-pull[] --autostash:: --no-autostash:: Automatically create a temporary stash entry before the operation - begins, and apply it after the operation ends. This means + begins, record it in the special ref `MERGE_AUTOSTASH` + and apply it after the operation ends. This means that you can run the operation on a dirty worktree. However, use with care: the final stash application after a successful merge might result in non-trivial conflicts. |