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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index f334d694e0..f856032613 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] '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> + [--[no-]diff3] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file> DESCRIPTION @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ 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. +conflicts otherwise (truncated to 127 if there are more than that many +conflicts). 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 @@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ OPTIONS -q:: Quiet; do not warn about conflicts. +--diff3:: + Show conflicts in "diff3" style. + --ours:: --theirs:: --union:: @@ -76,27 +80,16 @@ OPTIONS 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 |