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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index 149f131051..d7db2a3737 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -9,23 +9,24 @@ git-merge-file - Run a three-way file merge SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]] - [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file> +'git merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]] + [--ours|--theirs|--union] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] [--marker-size=<n>] + <current-file> <base-file> <other-file> DESCRIPTION ----------- -git-file-merge incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>` +'git merge-file' incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>` to `<other-file>` into `<current-file>`. The result ordinarily goes into -`<current-file>`. git-merge-file is useful for combining separate changes +`<current-file>`. 'git merge-file' is useful for combining separate changes to an original. Suppose `<base-file>` is the original, and both -`<current-file>` and `<other-file>` are modifications of `<base-file>`. -Then git-merge-file combines both changes. +`<current-file>` and `<other-file>` are modifications of `<base-file>`, +then 'git merge-file' combines both changes. A conflict occurs if both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` have changes -in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, git-merge-file -normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with <<<<<<< and ->>>>>>> lines. A typical conflict will look like this: +in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, 'git merge-file' +normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines containing +<<<<<<< and >>>>>>> markers. A typical conflict will look like this: <<<<<<< A lines in file A @@ -34,13 +35,16 @@ normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with <<<<<<< and >>>>>>> B If there are conflicts, the user should edit the result and delete one of -the alternatives. +the alternatives. When `--ours`, `--theirs`, or `--union` option is in effect, +however, these conflicts are resolved favouring lines from `<current-file>`, +lines from `<other-file>`, or lines from both respectively. The length of the +conflict markers can be given with the `--marker-size` option. 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. -git-merge-file is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS merge, that is, it -implements all of RCS merge's functionality which is needed by +'git merge-file' is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS 'merge'; that is, it +implements all of RCS 'merge''s functionality which is needed by linkgit:git[1]. @@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ OPTIONS This option may be given up to three times, and specifies labels to be used in place of the corresponding file names in conflict reports. That is, - `git-merge-file -L x -L y -L z a b c` generates output that + `git merge-file -L x -L y -L z a b c` generates output that looks like it came from files x, y and z instead of from files a, b and c. @@ -60,33 +64,28 @@ OPTIONS `<current-file>`. -q:: - Quiet; do not warn about conflicts. + Quiet; do not warn about conflicts. + +--ours:: +--theirs:: +--union:: + Instead of leaving conflicts in the file, resolve conflicts + favouring our (or their or both) side of the lines. EXAMPLES -------- -git merge-file README.my README README.upstream:: +`git merge-file README.my README README.upstream`:: combines the changes of README.my and README.upstream since README, tries to merge them and writes the result into README.my. -git merge-file -L a -L b -L c tmp/a123 tmp/b234 tmp/c345:: +`git merge-file -L a -L b -L c tmp/a123 tmp/b234 tmp/c345`:: merges tmp/a123 and tmp/c345 with the base tmp/b234, but uses labels `a` and `c` instead of `tmp/a123` and `tmp/c345`. - -Author ------- -Written by Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Johannes Schindelin and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>, -with parts copied from the original documentation of RCS merge. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |