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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index 7e9093fab6..bf0a18cf02 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -11,19 +11,20 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]] [--ours|--theirs|--union] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] [--marker-size=<n>] - [--[no-]diff3] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file> + [--[no-]diff3] <current> <base> <other> 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>`, +Given three files `<current>`, `<base>` and `<other>`, +'git merge-file' incorporates all changes that lead from `<base>` +to `<other>` into `<current>`. The result ordinarily goes into +`<current>`. 'git merge-file' is useful for combining separate changes +to an original. Suppose `<base>` is the original, and both +`<current>` and `<other>` are modifications of `<base>`, then 'git merge-file' combines both changes. -A conflict occurs if both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` have changes +A conflict occurs if both `<current>` and `<other>` 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: @@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines containing 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 +however, these conflicts are resolved favouring lines from `<current>`, +lines from `<other>`, 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 @@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ OPTIONS -p:: Send results to standard output instead of overwriting - `<current-file>`. + `<current>`. -q:: Quiet; do not warn about conflicts. |