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diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt index a09d597463..2912de706b 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt @@ -23,15 +23,16 @@ 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: ours;; This option forces conflicting hunks to be auto-resolved cleanly by favoring 'our' version. Changes from the other tree that do not - conflict with our side are reflected to the merge result. + conflict with our side are reflected in the merge result. For a binary file, the entire contents are taken from our side. + This should not be confused with the 'ours' merge strategy, which does not @@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ the other tree did, declaring 'our' history contains all that happened in it. theirs;; This is the opposite of 'ours'; note that, unlike 'ours', there is - no 'theirs' merge stragegy to confuse this merge option with. + no 'theirs' merge strategy to confuse this merge option with. patience;; With this option, 'merge-recursive' spends a little extra time @@ -58,11 +59,12 @@ diff-algorithm=[patience|minimal|histogram|myers];; ignore-space-change;; ignore-all-space;; ignore-space-at-eol;; +ignore-cr-at-eol;; Treats lines with the indicated type of whitespace change as unchanged for the sake of a three-way merge. Whitespace changes mixed with other changes to a line are not ignored. - See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `-b`, `-w`, and - `--ignore-space-at-eol`. + See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `-b`, `-w`, + `--ignore-space-at-eol`, and `--ignore-cr-at-eol`. + * If 'their' version only introduces whitespace changes to a line, 'our' version is used; @@ -83,12 +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>;; |