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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 814714c56e..b396a871b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -525,6 +525,23 @@ When left unspecified, the driver itself is used for both internal merge and the final merge. +`conflict-marker-size` +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +This attribute controls the length of conflict markers left in +the work tree file during a conflicted merge. Only setting to +the value to a positive integer has any meaningful effect. + +For example, this line in `.gitattributes` can be used to tell the merge +machinery to leave much longer (instead of the usual 7-character-long) +conflict markers when merging the file `Documentation/git-merge.txt` +results in a conflict. + +------------------------ +Documentation/git-merge.txt conflict-marker-size=32 +------------------------ + + Checking whitespace errors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |