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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 68978f5338..1c790ac74a 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -1431,11 +1431,11 @@ differently. Normally, a merge results in a merge commit, with two parents, one pointing at each of the two lines of development that were merged. -However, if the current branch is a descendant of the other--so every -commit present in the one is already contained in the other--then Git -just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved -forward to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new -commits being created. +However, if the current branch is an ancestor of the other--so every commit +present in the current branch is already contained in the other branch--then Git +just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved forward +to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new commits being +created. [[fixing-mistakes]] Fixing mistakes @@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ resolving a merge>>. [[fixing-a-mistake-by-rewriting-history]] Fixing a mistake by rewriting history -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If the problematic commit is the most recent commit, and you have not yet made that commit public, then you may just @@ -3424,7 +3424,7 @@ just missing one particular blob version. [[the-index]] The index ------------ +--------- The index is a binary file (generally kept in `.git/index`) containing a sorted list of path names, each with permissions and the SHA-1 of a blob |