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@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ recursive::
causing mismerges by tests done on actual merge commits
taken from Linux 2.6 kernel development history.
Additionally this can detect and handle merges involving
- renames. This is the default merge strategy when
- pulling or merging one branch.
+ renames, but currently cannot make use of detected
+ copies. This is the default merge strategy when pulling
+ or merging one branch.
+
The 'recursive' strategy can take the following options:
@@ -84,12 +85,14 @@ no-renormalize;;
`merge.renormalize` configuration variable.
no-renames;;
- Turn off rename detection.
+ Turn off rename detection. This overrides the `merge.renames`
+ configuration variable.
See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--no-renames`.
find-renames[=<n>];;
Turn on rename detection, optionally setting the similarity
- threshold. This is the default.
+ threshold. This is the default. This overrides the
+ 'merge.renames' configuration variable.
See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--find-renames`.
rename-threshold=<n>;;