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diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt index ed9d63ef4a..72bd809fb8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Merging ------- If `-m` is specified, 'git read-tree' can perform 3 kinds of merge, a single tree merge if only 1 tree is given, a -fast-forward merge with 2 trees, or a 3-way merge if 3 trees are +fast-forward merge with 2 trees, or a 3-way merge if 3 or more trees are provided. @@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ Here are the "carry forward" rules, where "I" denotes the index, "clean" means that index and work tree coincide, and "exists"/"nothing" refer to the presence of a path in the specified commit: +.... I H M Result ------------------------------------------------------- 0 nothing nothing nothing (does not happen) @@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ refer to the presence of a path in the specified commit: 19 no no yes exists exists keep index 20 yes yes no exists exists use M 21 no yes no exists exists fail +.... In all "keep index" cases, the index entry stays as in the original index file. If the entry is not up to date, |