git-merge-file(1) ================= NAME ---- git-merge-file - Run a three-way file merge SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]] [--ours|--theirs|--union] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] [--marker-size=<n>] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file> DESCRIPTION ----------- 'git merge-file' incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>` to `<other-file>` into `<current-file>`. The result ordinarily goes into `<current-file>`. 'git merge-file' is useful for combining separate changes to an original. Suppose `<base-file>` is the original, and both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` are modifications of `<base-file>`, then 'git merge-file' combines both changes. A conflict occurs if both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` have changes in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, 'git merge-file' normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines containing <<<<<<< and >>>>>>> markers. A typical conflict will look like this: <<<<<<< A lines in file A ======= lines in file B >>>>>>> B If there are conflicts, the user should edit the result and delete one of the alternatives. When `--ours`, `--theirs`, or `--union` option is in effect, however, these conflicts are resolved favouring lines from `<current-file>`, lines from `<other-file>`, or lines from both respectively. The length of the conflict markers can be given with the `--marker-size` option. The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of conflicts otherwise. If the merge was clean, the exit value is 0. 'git merge-file' is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS 'merge'; that is, it implements all of RCS 'merge''s functionality which is needed by linkgit:git[1]. OPTIONS ------- -L <label>:: This option may be given up to three times, and specifies labels to be used in place of the corresponding file names in conflict reports. That is, `git merge-file -L x -L y -L z a b c` generates output that looks like it came from files x, y and z instead of from files a, b and c. -p:: Send results to standard output instead of overwriting `<current-file>`. -q:: Quiet; do not warn about conflicts. --ours:: --theirs:: --union:: Instead of leaving conflicts in the file, resolve conflicts favouring our (or their or both) side of the lines. EXAMPLES -------- `git merge-file README.my README README.upstream`:: combines the changes of README.my and README.upstream since README, tries to merge them and writes the result into README.my. `git merge-file -L a -L b -L c tmp/a123 tmp/b234 tmp/c345`:: merges tmp/a123 and tmp/c345 with the base tmp/b234, but uses labels `a` and `c` instead of `tmp/a123` and `tmp/c345`. GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite