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diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index f08e9b80c5..dfb43d000f 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -114,3 +114,11 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] reporting. endif::git-pull[] + +--allow-unrelated-histories:: + By default, `git merge` command refuses to merge histories + that do not share a common ancestor. This option can be + used to override this safety when merging histories of two + projects that started their lives independently. As that is + a very rare occasion, no configuration variable to enable + this by default exists and will not be added. |