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diff --git a/git-merge.txt b/git-merge.txt index 55bc367..e6fa2b9 100644 --- a/git-merge.txt +++ b/git-merge.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]... +'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]... [-m <msg>] <remote> <remote>... -'git-merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>... +'git merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ If you tried a merge which resulted in a complex conflicts and -would want to start over, you can recover with -linkgit:git-reset[1]. +would want to start over, you can recover with `git-reset`. CONFIGURATION ------------- @@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ branch.<name>.mergeoptions:: Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and - supported options are equal to that of git-merge, but option values + supported options are equal to that of `git-merge`, but option values containing whitespace characters are currently not supported. HOW MERGE WORKS @@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ commits (usually, branch head or tag), and the index file must exactly match the tree of `HEAD` commit (i.e. the contents of the last commit) when -it happens. In other words, `git-diff --cached HEAD` must +it happens. In other words, `git diff --cached HEAD` must report no changes. [NOTE] @@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ 3. For conflicting paths, the index file records up to three versions; stage1 stores the version from the common ancestor, stage2 from `HEAD`, and stage3 from the remote branch (you - can inspect the stages with `git-ls-files -u`). The working + can inspect the stages with `git ls-files -u`). The working tree files have the result of "merge" program; i.e. 3-way merge result with familiar conflict markers `<<< === >>>`. @@ -144,8 +143,8 @@ up working tree changes made by 2. and 3.; `git-reset` can be used for this. - * Resolve the conflicts. `git-diff` would report only the - conflicting paths because of the above 2. and 3.. Edit the + * Resolve the conflicts. `git diff` would report only the + conflicting paths because of the above 2. and 3. Edit the working tree files into a desirable shape, `git-add` or `git-rm` them, to make the index file contain what the merge result should be, and run `git-commit` to commit the result. @@ -154,8 +153,11 @@ SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1], linkgit:git-pull[1], -linkgit:gitattributes[5] - +linkgit:gitattributes[5], +linkgit:git-reset[1], +linkgit:git-diff[1], linkgit:git-ls-files[1], +linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-rm[1], +linkgit:git-mergetool[1] Author ------
