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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-12-06 22:40:16 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-12-06 22:40:16 -0800 |
| commit | a24a32ddb30c904d244fe911f4d9e7e3924fdac7 (patch) | |
| tree | ec39c0620c53f518b7709ee1b9c14c70e91e8cf4 /Documentation/git-merge.txt | |
| parent | 53970b92d9dc883669f3a9b79b5e39e73931b331 (diff) | |
| parent | 9a424b276c409a3510e7735b6ecc012f50dc2a49 (diff) | |
| download | git-a24a32ddb30c904d244fe911f4d9e7e3924fdac7.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'master' into il/vcs-helper
* master: (334 commits)
bash: update 'git commit' completion
Git 1.6.5.5
Fix diff -B/--dirstat miscounting of newly added contents
reset: improve worktree safety valves
Documentation: Avoid use of xmlto --stringparam
archive: clarify description of path parameter
rerere: don't segfault on failure to open rr-cache
Prepare for 1.6.5.5
gitweb: Describe (possible) gitweb.js minification in gitweb/README
Documentation: xmlto 0.0.18 does not know --stringparam
Fix crasher on encountering SHA1-like non-note in notes tree
t9001: use older Getopt::Long boolean prefix '--no' rather than '--no-'
t4201: use ISO8859-1 rather than ISO-8859-1
Git 1.6.5.4
Unconditionally set man.base.url.for.relative.links
Documentation/Makefile: allow man.base.url.for.relative.link to be set from Make
Git 1.6.6-rc1
git-pull.sh: Fix call to git-merge for new command format
Prepare for 1.6.5.4
merge: do not add standard message when message is given with -m option
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Conflicts:
Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
Makefile
builtin-ls-remote.c
builtin-push.c
transport-helper.c
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index d05f324462..e886c2ef54 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -212,6 +212,39 @@ You can work through the conflict with a number of tools: common ancestor, 'git show :2:filename' shows the HEAD version and 'git show :3:filename' shows the remote version. + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +* Merge branches `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of + the current branch, making an octopus merge: ++ +------------------------------------------------ +$ git merge fixes enhancements +------------------------------------------------ + +* Merge branch `obsolete` into the current branch, using `ours` + merge strategy: ++ +------------------------------------------------ +$ git merge -s ours obsolete +------------------------------------------------ + +* Merge branch `maint` into the current branch, but do not make + a new commit automatically: ++ +------------------------------------------------ +$ git merge --no-commit maint +------------------------------------------------ ++ +This can be used when you want to include further changes to the +merge, or want to write your own merge commit message. ++ +You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial +changes into a merge commit. Small fixups like bumping +release/version name would be acceptable. + + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1], linkgit:git-pull[1], |