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diff --git a/Documentation/config/merge.txt b/Documentation/config/merge.txt index cb2ed58907..99e83dd36e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/merge.txt @@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ merge.conflictStyle:: shows a `<<<<<<<` conflict marker, changes made by one side, a `=======` marker, changes made by the other side, and then a `>>>>>>>` marker. An alternate style, "diff3", adds a `|||||||` - marker and the original text before the `=======` marker. + marker and the original text before the `=======` marker. The + "merge" style tends to produce smaller conflict regions than diff3, + both because of the exclusion of the original text, and because + when a subset of lines match on the two sides they are just pulled + out of the conflict region. Another alternate style, "zdiff3", is + similar to diff3 but removes matching lines on the two sides from + the conflict region when those matching lines appear near either + the beginning or end of a conflict region. merge.defaultToUpstream:: If merge is called without any commit argument, merge the upstream @@ -14,7 +21,7 @@ merge.defaultToUpstream:: branches at the remote named by `branch.<current branch>.remote` are consulted, and then they are mapped via `remote.<remote>.fetch` to their corresponding remote-tracking branches, and the tips of - these tracking branches are merged. + these tracking branches are merged. Defaults to true. merge.ff:: By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging @@ -33,10 +40,12 @@ merge.verifySignatures:: include::fmt-merge-msg.txt[] merge.renameLimit:: - The number of files to consider when performing rename detection - during a merge; if not specified, defaults to the value of - diff.renameLimit. This setting has no effect if rename detection - is turned off. + The number of files to consider in the exhaustive portion of + rename detection during a merge. If not specified, defaults + to the value of diff.renameLimit. If neither + merge.renameLimit nor diff.renameLimit are specified, + currently defaults to 7000. This setting has no effect if + rename detection is turned off. merge.renames:: Whether Git detects renames. If set to "false", rename detection |