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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index 273a1009be..ca3c27b88a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [--[no-]edit] - [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<key-id>]] + [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<keyid>]] + [--[no-]allow-unrelated-histories] [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [<commit>...] 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>... 'git merge' --abort +'git merge' --continue DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ reconstruct the original (pre-merge) changes. Therefore: discouraged: while possible, it may leave you in a state that is hard to back out of in the case of a conflict. +The fourth syntax ("`git merge --continue`") can only be run after the +merge has resulted in conflicts. OPTIONS ------- @@ -67,7 +71,9 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] -S[<keyid>]:: --gpg-sign[=<keyid>]:: - GPG-sign the resulting merge commit. + GPG-sign the resulting merge commit. The `keyid` argument is + optional and defaults to the committer identity; if specified, + it must be stuck to the option without a space. -m <msg>:: Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in @@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ will be appended to the specified message. + The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be used to give a good default for automated 'git merge' -invocations. +invocations. The automated message can include the branch description. --[no-]rerere-autoupdate:: Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the @@ -96,6 +102,11 @@ commit or stash your changes before running 'git merge'. 'git merge --abort' is equivalent to 'git reset --merge' when `MERGE_HEAD` is present. +--continue:: + After a 'git merge' stops due to conflicts you can conclude the + merge by running 'git merge --continue' (see "HOW TO RESOLVE + CONFLICTS" section below). + <commit>...:: Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch. Specifying more than one commit will create a merge with |