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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 4b4d229e60..4758c33dee 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -215,7 +215,10 @@ blobs contained in a commit. * A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a colon, followed by a path; this names a blob object in the index at the given path. Missing stage number (and the colon - that follows it) names an stage 0 entry. + that follows it) names an stage 0 entry. During a merge, stage + 1 is the common ancestor, stage 2 is the target branch's version + (typically the current branch), and stage 3 is the version from + the branch being merged. Here is an illustration, by Jon Loeliger. Both node B and C are a commit parents of commit node A. Parent commits are ordered |