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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-notes.txt14
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 9a6140b81c..8a3dc2cfcd 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1886,6 +1886,12 @@ mergetool.writeToTemp::
mergetool.prompt::
Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
+notes.mergeStrategy::
+ Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
+ conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
+ `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
+ section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
+
notes.displayRef::
The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index 00c84be33c..71453d4a70 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ merge::
any) into the current notes ref (called "local").
+
If conflicts arise and a strategy for automatically resolving
-conflicting notes (see the -s/--strategy option) is not given,
+conflicting notes (see the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section) is not given,
the "manual" resolver is used. This resolver checks out the
conflicting notes in a special worktree (`.git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE`),
and instructs the user to manually resolve the conflicts there.
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ OPTIONS
When merging notes, resolve notes conflicts using the given
strategy. The following strategies are recognized: "manual"
(default), "ours", "theirs", "union" and "cat_sort_uniq".
+ This option overrides the "notes.mergeStrategy" configuration setting.
See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section below for more
information on each notes merge strategy.
@@ -247,6 +248,9 @@ When done, the user can either finalize the merge with
'git notes merge --commit', or abort the merge with
'git notes merge --abort'.
+Users may select an automated merge strategy from among the following using
+either -s/--strategy option or configuring notes.mergeStrategy accordingly:
+
"ours" automatically resolves conflicting notes in favor of the local
version (i.e. the current notes ref).
@@ -310,6 +314,14 @@ core.notesRef::
This setting can be overridden through the environment and
command line.
+notes.mergeStrategy::
+ Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
+ conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
+ `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
+ section above for more information on each strategy.
++
+This setting can be overridden by passing the `--strategy` option.
+
notes.displayRef::
Which ref (or refs, if a glob or specified more than once), in
addition to the default set by `core.notesRef` or