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545/* Author: Mihai Bazon, September 2002
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551 * Feel free to use this script under the terms of the GNU General Public
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Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11732<body class="manpage">
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23733<div id="header">
734<h1>
735git-merge(1) Manual Page
736</h1>
737<h2>NAME</h2>
738<div class="sectionbody">
739<p>git-merge -
Junio C Hamano7c73c662007-01-19 00:37:50740 Join two or more development histories together
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23741</p>
742</div>
743</div>
Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:22744<div id="content">
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11745<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59746<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23747<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoee6d9612006-11-27 20:03:22748<div class="verseblock">
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11749<pre class="content"><em>git merge</em> [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [--[no-]edit]
Junio C Hamanob04bb3f2010-04-14 14:07:36750 [-s &lt;strategy&gt;] [-X &lt;strategy-option&gt;]
Junio C Hamanoa03ac862011-04-02 04:32:29751 [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m &lt;msg&gt;] [&lt;commit&gt;&#8230;]
Junio C Hamano788eeba2010-12-08 22:50:43752<em>git merge</em> &lt;msg&gt; HEAD &lt;commit&gt;&#8230;
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11753<em>git merge</em> --abort</pre>
754<div class="attribution">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59755</div></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23756</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11757</div>
758<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31759<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23760<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59761<div class="paragraph"><p>Incorporates changes from the named commits (since the time their
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:29762histories diverged from the current branch) into the current
763branch. This command is used by <em>git pull</em> to incorporate changes
764from another repository and can be used by hand to merge changes
765from one branch into another.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59766<div class="paragraph"><p>Assume the following history exists and the current branch is
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11767"<code>master</code>":</p></div>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:29768<div class="listingblock">
769<div class="content">
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11770<pre><code> A---B---C topic
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:29771 /
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11772 D---E---F---G master</code></pre>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:29773</div></div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11774<div class="paragraph"><p>Then "<code>git merge topic</code>" will replay the changes made on the
775<code>topic</code> branch since it diverged from <code>master</code> (i.e., <code>E</code>) until
776its current commit (<code>C</code>) on top of <code>master</code>, and record the result
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:29777in a new commit along with the names of the two parent commits and
778a log message from the user describing the changes.</p></div>
779<div class="listingblock">
780<div class="content">
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11781<pre><code> A---B---C topic
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:29782 / \
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11783 D---E---F---G---H master</code></pre>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:29784</div></div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11785<div class="paragraph"><p>The second syntax (&lt;msg&gt; <code>HEAD</code> &lt;commit&gt;&#8230;) is supported for
Junio C Hamano1974bf22007-10-31 05:57:20786historical reasons. Do not use it from the command line or in
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11787new scripts. It is the same as <code>git merge -m &lt;msg&gt; &lt;commit&gt;...</code>.</p></div>
788<div class="paragraph"><p>The third syntax ("<code>git merge --abort</code>") can only be run after the
Junio C Hamano788eeba2010-12-08 22:50:43789merge has resulted in conflicts. <em>git merge --abort</em> will abort the
790merge process and try to reconstruct the pre-merge state. However,
791if there were uncommitted changes when the merge started (and
792especially if those changes were further modified after the merge
793was started), <em>git merge --abort</em> will in some cases be unable to
794reconstruct the original (pre-merge) changes. Therefore:</p></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59795<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Warning</strong>: Running <em>git merge</em> with uncommitted changes is
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:43796discouraged: while possible, it leaves you in a state that is hard to
797back out of in the case of a conflict.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23798</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11799</div>
800<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:31801<h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:23802<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59803<div class="dlist"><dl>
804<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55805--commit
806</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59807<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55808--no-commit
809</dt>
810<dd>
811<p>
812 Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can
813 be used to override --no-commit.
814</p>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59815<div class="paragraph"><p>With --no-commit perform the merge but pretend the merge
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55816failed and do not autocommit, to give the user a chance to
817inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing.</p></div>
818</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59819<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano11821ed2011-10-19 18:42:09820--edit
821</dt>
822<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano795a5a32012-02-02 01:36:37823--no-edit
Junio C Hamano11821ed2011-10-19 18:42:09824</dt>
825<dd>
Junio C Hamano92887a32011-12-07 00:26:29826<p>
Junio C Hamano795a5a32012-02-02 01:36:37827 Invoke an editor before committing successful mechanical merge to
828 further edit the auto-generated merge message, so that the user
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11829 can explain and justify the merge. The <code>--no-edit</code> option can be
Junio C Hamano795a5a32012-02-02 01:36:37830 used to accept the auto-generated message (this is generally
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11831 discouraged). The <code>--edit</code> option is still useful if you are
832 giving a draft message with the <code>-m</code> option from the command line
Junio C Hamano795a5a32012-02-02 01:36:37833 and want to edit it in the editor.
Junio C Hamano92887a32011-12-07 00:26:29834</p>
Junio C Hamano795a5a32012-02-02 01:36:37835<div class="paragraph"><p>Older scripts may depend on the historical behaviour of not allowing the
836user to edit the merge log message. They will see an editor opened when
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11837they run <code>git merge</code>. To make it easier to adjust such scripts to the
838updated behaviour, the environment variable <code>GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT</code> can be
839set to <code>no</code> at the beginning of them.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano11821ed2011-10-19 18:42:09840</dd>
841<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55842--ff
843</dt>
Junio C Hamanof54f08e2012-02-27 07:49:19844<dd>
845<p>
846 When the merge resolves as a fast-forward, only update the branch
847 pointer, without creating a merge commit. This is the default
848 behavior.
849</p>
850</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59851<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55852--no-ff
853</dt>
854<dd>
855<p>
Junio C Hamanof54f08e2012-02-27 07:49:19856 Create a merge commit even when the merge resolves as a
Junio C Hamano778a3412013-03-28 23:24:30857 fast-forward. This is the default behaviour when merging an
858 annotated (and possibly signed) tag.
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55859</p>
Junio C Hamanof54f08e2012-02-27 07:49:19860</dd>
861<dt class="hdlist1">
862--ff-only
863</dt>
864<dd>
865<p>
866 Refuse to merge and exit with a non-zero status unless the
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11867 current <code>HEAD</code> is already up-to-date or the merge can be
Junio C Hamanof54f08e2012-02-27 07:49:19868 resolved as a fast-forward.
869</p>
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55870</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59871<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano3b4609d2010-09-30 00:04:34872--log[=&lt;n&gt;]
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55873</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59874<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55875--no-log
876</dt>
877<dd>
878<p>
879 In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
Junio C Hamano3b4609d2010-09-30 00:04:34880 one-line descriptions from at most &lt;n&gt; actual commits that are being
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:23881 merged. See also <a href="git-fmt-merge-msg.html">git-fmt-merge-msg(1)</a>.
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55882</p>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59883<div class="paragraph"><p>With --no-log do not list one-line descriptions from the
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55884actual commits being merged.</p></div>
885</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59886<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55887--stat
888</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59889<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55890-n
891</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59892<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55893--no-stat
894</dt>
895<dd>
896<p>
897 Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also
898 controlled by the configuration option merge.stat.
899</p>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59900<div class="paragraph"><p>With -n or --no-stat do not show a diffstat at the end of the
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55901merge.</p></div>
902</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59903<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55904--squash
905</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59906<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55907--no-squash
908</dt>
909<dd>
910<p>
911 Produce the working tree and index state as if a real
912 merge happened (except for the merge information),
913 but do not actually make a commit or
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11914 move the <code>HEAD</code>, nor record <code>$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD</code> to
915 cause the next <code>git commit</code> command to create a merge
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55916 commit. This allows you to create a single commit on
917 top of the current branch whose effect is the same as
918 merging another branch (or more in case of an octopus).
919</p>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59920<div class="paragraph"><p>With --no-squash perform the merge and commit the result. This
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55921option can be used to override --squash.</p></div>
922</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59923<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55924-s &lt;strategy&gt;
925</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59926<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55927--strategy=&lt;strategy&gt;
928</dt>
929<dd>
930<p>
931 Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
932 once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:11933 If there is no <code>-s</code> option, a built-in list of strategies
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:43934 is used instead (<em>git merge-recursive</em> when merging a single
935 head, <em>git merge-octopus</em> otherwise).
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55936</p>
937</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59938<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanob04bb3f2010-04-14 14:07:36939-X &lt;option&gt;
940</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59941<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanob04bb3f2010-04-14 14:07:36942--strategy-option=&lt;option&gt;
943</dt>
944<dd>
945<p>
946 Pass merge strategy specific option through to the merge
947 strategy.
948</p>
949</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59950<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoedf80bd2013-04-05 22:14:36951--verify-signatures
952</dt>
953<dt class="hdlist1">
954--no-verify-signatures
955</dt>
956<dd>
957<p>
958 Verify that the commits being merged have good and trusted GPG signatures
959 and abort the merge in case they do not.
960</p>
961</dd>
962<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55963--summary
964</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59965<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoc21ab052009-10-31 04:03:55966--no-summary
967</dt>
968<dd>
969<p>
970 Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be
971 removed in the future.
972</p>
973</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59974<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano610d1762008-11-28 06:27:13975-q
976</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59977<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano610d1762008-11-28 06:27:13978--quiet
979</dt>
980<dd>
981<p>
Junio C Hamanod2c978f2011-03-20 19:42:22982 Operate quietly. Implies --no-progress.
Junio C Hamano610d1762008-11-28 06:27:13983</p>
984</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59985<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano610d1762008-11-28 06:27:13986-v
987</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59988<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano610d1762008-11-28 06:27:13989--verbose
990</dt>
991<dd>
992<p>
993 Be verbose.
994</p>
995</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:59996<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanod2c978f2011-03-20 19:42:22997--progress
998</dt>
999<dt class="hdlist1">
1000--no-progress
1001</dt>
1002<dd>
1003<p>
1004 Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified,
1005 progress is shown if standard error is connected to a terminal.
1006 Note that not all merge strategies may support progress
1007 reporting.
1008</p>
1009</dd>
1010<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1974bf22007-10-31 05:57:201011-m &lt;msg&gt;
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231012</dt>
1013<dd>
1014<p>
Junio C Hamanoc0e55e72009-10-10 00:56:291015 Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
Junio C Hamanof5de4cf2010-06-19 00:33:171016 case one is created).
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231017</p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111018<div class="paragraph"><p>If <code>--log</code> is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591019will be appended to the specified message.</p></div>
1020<div class="paragraph"><p>The <em>git fmt-merge-msg</em> command can be
1021used to give a good default for automated <em>git merge</em>
1022invocations.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231023</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591024<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano3d1b5a12013-05-17 23:34:021025--[no-]rerere-autoupdate
Junio C Hamano19107ef2010-01-19 06:20:591026</dt>
1027<dd>
1028<p>
1029 Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
1030 result of auto-conflict resolution if possible.
1031</p>
1032</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591033<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano788eeba2010-12-08 22:50:431034--abort
1035</dt>
1036<dd>
1037<p>
1038 Abort the current conflict resolution process, and
1039 try to reconstruct the pre-merge state.
1040</p>
1041<div class="paragraph"><p>If there were uncommitted worktree changes present when the merge
1042started, <em>git merge --abort</em> will in some cases be unable to
1043reconstruct these changes. It is therefore recommended to always
1044commit or stash your changes before running <em>git merge</em>.</p></div>
1045<div class="paragraph"><p><em>git merge --abort</em> is equivalent to <em>git reset --merge</em> when
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111046<code>MERGE_HEAD</code> is present.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano788eeba2010-12-08 22:50:431047</dd>
1048<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:431049&lt;commit&gt;&#8230;
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231050</dt>
1051<dd>
1052<p>
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:431053 Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch.
Junio C Hamanoa03ac862011-04-02 04:32:291054 Specifying more than one commit will create a merge with
1055 more than two parents (affectionately called an Octopus merge).
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231056</p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111057<div class="paragraph"><p>If no commit is given from the command line, and if <code>merge.defaultToUpstream</code>
Junio C Hamanoa1295452012-11-13 22:32:041058configuration variable is set, merge the remote-tracking branches
Junio C Hamanoa03ac862011-04-02 04:32:291059that the current branch is configured to use as its upstream.
1060See also the configuration section of this manual page.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231061</dd>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:311062</dl></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231063</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111064</div>
1065<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291066<h2 id="_pre_merge_checks">PRE-MERGE CHECKS</h2>
1067<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591068<div class="paragraph"><p>Before applying outside changes, you should get your own work in
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291069good shape and committed locally, so it will not be clobbered if
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:231070there are conflicts. See also <a href="git-stash.html">git-stash(1)</a>.
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291071<em>git pull</em> and <em>git merge</em> will stop without doing anything when
1072local uncommitted changes overlap with files that <em>git pull</em>/<em>git
1073merge</em> may need to update.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591074<div class="paragraph"><p>To avoid recording unrelated changes in the merge commit,
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291075<em>git pull</em> and <em>git merge</em> will also abort if there are any changes
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111076registered in the index relative to the <code>HEAD</code> commit. (One
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291077exception is when the changed index entries are in the state that
1078would result from the merge already.)</p></div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111079<div class="paragraph"><p>If all named commits are already ancestors of <code>HEAD</code>, <em>git merge</em>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291080will exit early with the message "Already up-to-date."</p></div>
1081</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111082</div>
1083<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291084<h2 id="_fast_forward_merge">FAST-FORWARD MERGE</h2>
1085<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591086<div class="paragraph"><p>Often the current branch head is an ancestor of the named commit.
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291087This is the most common case especially when invoked from <em>git
1088pull</em>: you are tracking an upstream repository, you have committed
1089no local changes, and now you want to update to a newer upstream
1090revision. In this case, a new commit is not needed to store the
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111091combined history; instead, the <code>HEAD</code> (along with the index) is
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291092updated to point at the named commit, without creating an extra
1093merge commit.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111094<div class="paragraph"><p>This behavior can be suppressed with the <code>--no-ff</code> option.</p></div>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291095</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111096</div>
1097<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291098<h2 id="_true_merge">TRUE MERGE</h2>
1099<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591100<div class="paragraph"><p>Except in a fast-forward merge (see above), the branches to be
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291101merged must be tied together by a merge commit that has both of them
1102as its parents.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591103<div class="paragraph"><p>A merged version reconciling the changes from all branches to be
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111104merged is committed, and your <code>HEAD</code>, index, and working tree are
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291105updated to it. It is possible to have modifications in the working
1106tree as long as they do not overlap; the update will preserve them.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591107<div class="paragraph"><p>When it is not obvious how to reconcile the changes, the following
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291108happens:</p></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591109<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291110<li>
1111<p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111112The <code>HEAD</code> pointer stays the same.
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291113</p>
1114</li>
1115<li>
1116<p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111117The <code>MERGE_HEAD</code> ref is set to point to the other branch head.
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291118</p>
1119</li>
1120<li>
1121<p>
1122Paths that merged cleanly are updated both in the index file and
1123 in your working tree.
1124</p>
1125</li>
1126<li>
1127<p>
1128For conflicting paths, the index file records up to three
1129 versions: stage 1 stores the version from the common ancestor,
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111130 stage 2 from <code>HEAD</code>, and stage 3 from <code>MERGE_HEAD</code> (you
1131 can inspect the stages with <code>git ls-files -u</code>). The working
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291132 tree files contain the result of the "merge" program; i.e. 3-way
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111133 merge results with familiar conflict markers <code>&lt;&lt;&lt;</code> <code>===</code> <code>&gt;&gt;&gt;</code>.
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291134</p>
1135</li>
1136<li>
1137<p>
1138No other changes are made. In particular, the local
1139 modifications you had before you started merge will stay the
1140 same and the index entries for them stay as they were,
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111141 i.e. matching <code>HEAD</code>.
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291142</p>
1143</li>
1144</ol></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591145<div class="paragraph"><p>If you tried a merge which resulted in complex conflicts and
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111146want to start over, you can recover with <code>git merge --abort</code>.</p></div>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291147</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111148</div>
1149<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamano778a3412013-03-28 23:24:301150<h2 id="_merging_tag">MERGING TAG</h2>
1151<div class="sectionbody">
1152<div class="paragraph"><p>When merging an annotated (and possibly signed) tag, Git always
1153creates a merge commit even if a fast-forward merge is possible, and
1154the commit message template is prepared with the tag message.
1155Additionally, if the tag is signed, the signature check is reported
1156as a comment in the message template. See also <a href="git-tag.html">git-tag(1)</a>.</p></div>
1157<div class="paragraph"><p>When you want to just integrate with the work leading to the commit
1158that happens to be tagged, e.g. synchronizing with an upstream
1159release point, you may not want to make an unnecessary merge commit.</p></div>
1160<div class="paragraph"><p>In such a case, you can "unwrap" the tag yourself before feeding it
1161to <code>git merge</code>, or pass <code>--ff-only</code> when you do not have any work on
1162your own. e.g.</p></div>
1163<div class="paragraph"><p>---
1164git fetch origin
1165git merge v1.2.3^0
1166git merge --ff-only v1.2.3
1167---</p></div>
1168</div>
1169</div>
1170<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291171<h2 id="_how_conflicts_are_presented">HOW CONFLICTS ARE PRESENTED</h2>
1172<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591173<div class="paragraph"><p>During a merge, the working tree files are updated to reflect the result
1174of the merge. Among the changes made to the common ancestor&#8217;s version,
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291175non-overlapping ones (that is, you changed an area of the file while the
1176other side left that area intact, or vice versa) are incorporated in the
1177final result verbatim. When both sides made changes to the same area,
Junio C Hamano076ffcc2013-02-06 05:13:211178however, Git cannot randomly pick one side over the other, and asks you to
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291179resolve it by leaving what both sides did to that area.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano076ffcc2013-02-06 05:13:211180<div class="paragraph"><p>By default, Git uses the same style as the one used by the "merge" program
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291181from the RCS suite to present such a conflicted hunk, like this:</p></div>
1182<div class="listingblock">
1183<div class="content">
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111184<pre><code>Here are lines that are either unchanged from the common
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291185ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed.
1186&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; yours:sample.txt
1187Conflict resolution is hard;
1188let's go shopping.
1189=======
1190Git makes conflict resolution easy.
1191&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; theirs:sample.txt
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111192And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified.</code></pre>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291193</div></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591194<div class="paragraph"><p>The area where a pair of conflicting changes happened is marked with markers
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111195<code>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;</code>, <code>=======</code>, and <code>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</code>. The part before the <code>=======</code>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291196is typically your side, and the part afterwards is typically their side.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591197<div class="paragraph"><p>The default format does not show what the original said in the conflicting
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291198area. You cannot tell how many lines are deleted and replaced with
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591199Barbie&#8217;s remark on your side. The only thing you can tell is that your
1200side wants to say it is hard and you&#8217;d prefer to go shopping, while the
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291201other side wants to claim it is easy.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591202<div class="paragraph"><p>An alternative style can be used by setting the "merge.conflictstyle"
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291203configuration variable to "diff3". In "diff3" style, the above conflict
1204may look like this:</p></div>
1205<div class="listingblock">
1206<div class="content">
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111207<pre><code>Here are lines that are either unchanged from the common
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291208ancestor, or cleanly resolved because only one side changed.
1209&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt; yours:sample.txt
1210Conflict resolution is hard;
1211let's go shopping.
1212|||||||
1213Conflict resolution is hard.
1214=======
1215Git makes conflict resolution easy.
1216&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; theirs:sample.txt
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111217And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified.</code></pre>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291218</div></div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111219<div class="paragraph"><p>In addition to the <code>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;</code>, <code>=======</code>, and <code>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</code> markers, it uses
1220another <code>|||||||</code> marker that is followed by the original text. You can
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291221tell that the original just stated a fact, and your side simply gave in to
1222that statement and gave up, while the other side tried to have a more
1223positive attitude. You can sometimes come up with a better resolution by
1224viewing the original.</p></div>
1225</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111226</div>
1227<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291228<h2 id="_how_to_resolve_conflicts">HOW TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS</h2>
1229<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591230<div class="paragraph"><p>After seeing a conflict, you can do two things:</p></div>
1231<div class="ulist"><ul>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291232<li>
1233<p>
1234Decide not to merge. The only clean-ups you need are to reset
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111235 the index file to the <code>HEAD</code> commit to reverse 2. and to clean
1236 up working tree changes made by 2. and 3.; <code>git merge --abort</code>
Junio C Hamano788eeba2010-12-08 22:50:431237 can be used for this.
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291238</p>
1239</li>
1240<li>
1241<p>
1242Resolve the conflicts. Git will mark the conflicts in
1243 the working tree. Edit the files into shape and
1244 <em>git add</em> them to the index. Use <em>git commit</em> to seal the deal.
1245</p>
1246</li>
1247</ul></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591248<div class="paragraph"><p>You can work through the conflict with a number of tools:</p></div>
1249<div class="ulist"><ul>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291250<li>
1251<p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111252Use a mergetool. <code>git mergetool</code> to launch a graphical
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291253 mergetool which will work you through the merge.
1254</p>
1255</li>
1256<li>
1257<p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111258Look at the diffs. <code>git diff</code> will show a three-way diff,
1259 highlighting changes from both the <code>HEAD</code> and <code>MERGE_HEAD</code>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291260 versions.
1261</p>
1262</li>
1263<li>
1264<p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111265Look at the diffs from each branch. <code>git log --merge -p &lt;path&gt;</code>
1266 will show diffs first for the <code>HEAD</code> version and then the
1267 <code>MERGE_HEAD</code> version.
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291268</p>
1269</li>
1270<li>
1271<p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111272Look at the originals. <code>git show :1:filename</code> shows the
1273 common ancestor, <code>git show :2:filename</code> shows the <code>HEAD</code>
1274 version, and <code>git show :3:filename</code> shows the <code>MERGE_HEAD</code>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291275 version.
1276</p>
1277</li>
1278</ul></div>
1279</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111280</div>
1281<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291282<h2 id="_examples">EXAMPLES</h2>
1283<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591284<div class="ulist"><ul>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291285<li>
1286<p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111287Merge branches <code>fixes</code> and <code>enhancements</code> on top of
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291288 the current branch, making an octopus merge:
1289</p>
1290<div class="listingblock">
1291<div class="content">
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111292<pre><code>$ git merge fixes enhancements</code></pre>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291293</div></div>
1294</li>
1295<li>
1296<p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111297Merge branch <code>obsolete</code> into the current branch, using <code>ours</code>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291298 merge strategy:
1299</p>
1300<div class="listingblock">
1301<div class="content">
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111302<pre><code>$ git merge -s ours obsolete</code></pre>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291303</div></div>
1304</li>
1305<li>
1306<p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111307Merge branch <code>maint</code> into the current branch, but do not make
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291308 a new commit automatically:
1309</p>
1310<div class="listingblock">
1311<div class="content">
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111312<pre><code>$ git merge --no-commit maint</code></pre>
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291313</div></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591314<div class="paragraph"><p>This can be used when you want to include further changes to the
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291315merge, or want to write your own merge commit message.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591316<div class="paragraph"><p>You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial
Junio C Hamanod0d892c2010-01-24 20:06:291317changes into a merge commit. Small fixups like bumping
1318release/version name would be acceptable.</p></div>
1319</li>
1320</ul></div>
1321</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111322</div>
1323<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:311324<h2 id="_merge_strategies">MERGE STRATEGIES</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231325<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591326<div class="paragraph"><p>The merge mechanism (<em>git-merge</em> and <em>git-pull</em> commands) allows the
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111327backend <em>merge strategies</em> to be chosen with <code>-s</code> option. Some strategies
1328can also take their own options, which can be passed by giving <code>-X&lt;option&gt;</code>
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:431329arguments to <em>git-merge</em> and/or <em>git-pull</em>.</p></div>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591330<div class="dlist"><dl>
1331<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231332resolve
1333</dt>
1334<dd>
1335<p>
1336 This can only resolve two heads (i.e. the current branch
Junio C Hamano1de75722009-03-26 08:39:381337 and another branch you pulled from) using a 3-way merge
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231338 algorithm. It tries to carefully detect criss-cross
1339 merge ambiguities and is considered generally safe and
1340 fast.
1341</p>
1342</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591343<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231344recursive
1345</dt>
1346<dd>
1347<p>
Junio C Hamano1de75722009-03-26 08:39:381348 This can only resolve two heads using a 3-way merge
1349 algorithm. When there is more than one common
1350 ancestor that can be used for 3-way merge, it creates a
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231351 merged tree of the common ancestors and uses that as
1352 the reference tree for the 3-way merge. This has been
1353 reported to result in fewer merge conflicts without
1354 causing mis-merges by tests done on actual merge commits
1355 taken from Linux 2.6 kernel development history.
1356 Additionally this can detect and handle merges involving
1357 renames. This is the default merge strategy when
1358 pulling or merging one branch.
1359</p>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591360<div class="paragraph"><p>The <em>recursive</em> strategy can take the following options:</p></div>
1361<div class="dlist"><dl>
1362<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:431363ours
1364</dt>
1365<dd>
1366<p>
1367 This option forces conflicting hunks to be auto-resolved cleanly by
1368 favoring <em>our</em> version. Changes from the other tree that do not
1369 conflict with our side are reflected to the merge result.
Junio C Hamanoa3cfb762012-09-15 05:32:141370 For a binary file, the entire contents are taken from our side.
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:431371</p>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591372<div class="paragraph"><p>This should not be confused with the <em>ours</em> merge strategy, which does not
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:431373even look at what the other tree contains at all. It discards everything
1374the other tree did, declaring <em>our</em> history contains all that happened in it.</p></div>
1375</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591376<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:431377theirs
1378</dt>
1379<dd>
1380<p>
Junio C Hamanoa3cfb762012-09-15 05:32:141381 This is the opposite of <em>ours</em>.
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:431382</p>
1383</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591384<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano39c7a692010-10-27 06:08:541385patience
1386</dt>
1387<dd>
1388<p>
1389 With this option, <em>merge-recursive</em> spends a little extra time
1390 to avoid mismerges that sometimes occur due to unimportant
1391 matching lines (e.g., braces from distinct functions). Use
1392 this when the branches to be merged have diverged wildly.
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111393 See also <a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a> <code>--patience</code>.
Junio C Hamano39c7a692010-10-27 06:08:541394</p>
1395</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591396<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1575c202013-04-15 20:25:591397diff-algorithm=[patience|minimal|histogram|myers]
1398</dt>
1399<dd>
1400<p>
1401 Tells <em>merge-recursive</em> to use a different diff algorithm, which
1402 can help avoid mismerges that occur due to unimportant matching
1403 lines (such as braces from distinct functions). See also
1404 <a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a> <code>--diff-algorithm</code>.
1405</p>
1406</dd>
1407<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano39c7a692010-10-27 06:08:541408ignore-space-change
1409</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591410<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano39c7a692010-10-27 06:08:541411ignore-all-space
1412</dt>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591413<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano39c7a692010-10-27 06:08:541414ignore-space-at-eol
1415</dt>
1416<dd>
1417<p>
1418 Treats lines with the indicated type of whitespace change as
1419 unchanged for the sake of a three-way merge. Whitespace
1420 changes mixed with other changes to a line are not ignored.
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111421 See also <a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a> <code>-b</code>, <code>-w</code>, and
1422 <code>--ignore-space-at-eol</code>.
Junio C Hamano39c7a692010-10-27 06:08:541423</p>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591424<div class="ulist"><ul>
Junio C Hamano39c7a692010-10-27 06:08:541425<li>
1426<p>
1427If <em>their</em> version only introduces whitespace changes to a line,
1428 <em>our</em> version is used;
1429</p>
1430</li>
1431<li>
1432<p>
1433If <em>our</em> version introduces whitespace changes but <em>their</em>
1434 version includes a substantial change, <em>their</em> version is used;
1435</p>
1436</li>
1437<li>
1438<p>
1439Otherwise, the merge proceeds in the usual way.
1440</p>
1441</li>
1442</ul></div>
1443</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591444<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano2db3e752010-09-03 21:33:061445renormalize
1446</dt>
1447<dd>
1448<p>
1449 This runs a virtual check-out and check-in of all three stages
1450 of a file when resolving a three-way merge. This option is
1451 meant to be used when merging branches with different clean
1452 filters or end-of-line normalization rules. See "Merging
1453 branches with differing checkin/checkout attributes" in
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:231454 <a href="gitattributes.html">gitattributes(5)</a> for details.
Junio C Hamano2db3e752010-09-03 21:33:061455</p>
1456</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591457<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano2db3e752010-09-03 21:33:061458no-renormalize
1459</dt>
1460<dd>
1461<p>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111462 Disables the <code>renormalize</code> option. This overrides the
1463 <code>merge.renormalize</code> configuration variable.
Junio C Hamano2db3e752010-09-03 21:33:061464</p>
1465</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591466<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano39c7a692010-10-27 06:08:541467rename-threshold=&lt;n&gt;
1468</dt>
1469<dd>
1470<p>
1471 Controls the similarity threshold used for rename detection.
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111472 See also <a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a> <code>-M</code>.
Junio C Hamano39c7a692010-10-27 06:08:541473</p>
1474</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591475<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanod2179ef2010-10-22 04:12:171476subtree[=&lt;path&gt;]
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:431477</dt>
1478<dd>
1479<p>
1480 This option is a more advanced form of <em>subtree</em> strategy, where
1481 the strategy makes a guess on how two trees must be shifted to
1482 match with each other when merging. Instead, the specified path
1483 is prefixed (or stripped from the beginning) to make the shape of
1484 two trees to match.
1485</p>
1486</dd>
1487</dl></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231488</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591489<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231490octopus
1491</dt>
1492<dd>
1493<p>
Junio C Hamano1de75722009-03-26 08:39:381494 This resolves cases with more than two heads, but refuses to do
1495 a complex merge that needs manual resolution. It is
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231496 primarily meant to be used for bundling topic branch
1497 heads together. This is the default merge strategy when
Junio C Hamano1de75722009-03-26 08:39:381498 pulling or merging more than one branch.
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231499</p>
1500</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591501<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231502ours
1503</dt>
1504<dd>
1505<p>
Junio C Hamanobf984de2009-11-23 06:11:191506 This resolves any number of heads, but the resulting tree of the
1507 merge is always that of the current branch head, effectively
1508 ignoring all changes from all other branches. It is meant to
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231509 be used to supersede old development history of side
Junio C Hamano1aa40d22010-01-21 17:46:431510 branches. Note that this is different from the -Xours option to
1511 the <em>recursive</em> merge strategy.
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231512</p>
1513</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591514<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoe6c92032008-03-19 09:24:341515subtree
1516</dt>
1517<dd>
1518<p>
1519 This is a modified recursive strategy. When merging trees A and
1520 B, if B corresponds to a subtree of A, B is first adjusted to
1521 match the tree structure of A, instead of reading the trees at
1522 the same level. This adjustment is also done to the common
1523 ancestor tree.
1524</p>
1525</dd>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:311526</dl></div>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231527</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111528</div>
1529<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:311530<h2 id="_configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2>
Junio C Hamano1e6e0062007-07-13 05:33:251531<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591532<div class="dlist"><dl>
1533<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano4653c6f2008-11-26 22:50:201534merge.conflictstyle
Junio C Hamano1e6e0062007-07-13 05:33:251535</dt>
1536<dd>
1537<p>
Junio C Hamano4653c6f2008-11-26 22:50:201538 Specify the style in which conflicted hunks are written out to
1539 working tree files upon merge. The default is "merge", which
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111540 shows a <code>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;</code> conflict marker, changes made by one side,
1541 a <code>=======</code> marker, changes made by the other side, and then
1542 a <code>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</code> marker. An alternate style, "diff3", adds a <code>|||||||</code>
1543 marker and the original text before the <code>=======</code> marker.
Junio C Hamano6d76d612008-05-09 05:46:081544</p>
1545</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591546<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamanoa03ac862011-04-02 04:32:291547merge.defaultToUpstream
1548</dt>
1549<dd>
1550<p>
1551 If merge is called without any commit argument, merge the upstream
1552 branches configured for the current branch by using their last
Junio C Hamanoa1295452012-11-13 22:32:041553 observed values stored in their remote-tracking branches.
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111554 The values of the <code>branch.&lt;current branch&gt;.merge</code> that name the
1555 branches at the remote named by <code>branch.&lt;current branch&gt;.remote</code>
1556 are consulted, and then they are mapped via <code>remote.&lt;remote&gt;.fetch</code>
Junio C Hamanoa1295452012-11-13 22:32:041557 to their corresponding remote-tracking branches, and the tips of
Junio C Hamanoa03ac862011-04-02 04:32:291558 these tracking branches are merged.
1559</p>
1560</dd>
1561<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano3d050d62011-05-17 06:43:341562merge.ff
1563</dt>
1564<dd>
1565<p>
Junio C Hamano076ffcc2013-02-06 05:13:211566 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
Junio C Hamano3d050d62011-05-17 06:43:341567 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111568 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to <code>false</code>,
Junio C Hamano076ffcc2013-02-06 05:13:211569 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111570 a case (equivalent to giving the <code>--no-ff</code> option from the command
1571 line). When set to <code>only</code>, only such fast-forward merges are
1572 allowed (equivalent to giving the <code>--ff-only</code> option from the
Junio C Hamano3d050d62011-05-17 06:43:341573 command line).
1574</p>
1575</dd>
1576<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano6d76d612008-05-09 05:46:081577merge.log
1578</dt>
1579<dd>
1580<p>
Junio C Hamano3b4609d2010-09-30 00:04:341581 In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at
1582 most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the
1583 actual commits that are being merged. Defaults to false, and
Junio C Hamano7165bf72011-01-04 22:06:181584 true is a synonym for 20.
Junio C Hamano6d76d612008-05-09 05:46:081585</p>
1586</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591587<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano2fbcd212008-05-14 22:26:071588merge.renameLimit
1589</dt>
1590<dd>
1591<p>
1592 The number of files to consider when performing rename detection
1593 during a merge; if not specified, defaults to the value of
1594 diff.renameLimit.
1595</p>
1596</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591597<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano2db3e752010-09-03 21:33:061598merge.renormalize
1599</dt>
1600<dd>
1601<p>
Junio C Hamano076ffcc2013-02-06 05:13:211602 Tell Git that canonical representation of files in the
Junio C Hamano2db3e752010-09-03 21:33:061603 repository has changed over time (e.g. earlier commits record
1604 text files with CRLF line endings, but recent ones use LF line
Junio C Hamano076ffcc2013-02-06 05:13:211605 endings). In such a repository, Git can convert the data
Junio C Hamano2db3e752010-09-03 21:33:061606 recorded in commits to a canonical form before performing a
1607 merge to reduce unnecessary conflicts. For more information,
1608 see section "Merging branches with differing checkin/checkout
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:231609 attributes" in <a href="gitattributes.html">gitattributes(5)</a>.
Junio C Hamano2db3e752010-09-03 21:33:061610</p>
1611</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591612<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano4653c6f2008-11-26 22:50:201613merge.stat
1614</dt>
1615<dd>
1616<p>
1617 Whether to print the diffstat between ORIG_HEAD and the merge result
1618 at the end of the merge. True by default.
1619</p>
1620</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591621<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano6d76d612008-05-09 05:46:081622merge.tool
1623</dt>
1624<dd>
1625<p>
Junio C Hamanob5e079f2013-02-08 00:02:521626 Controls which merge tool is used by <a href="git-mergetool.html">git-mergetool(1)</a>.
1627 The list below shows the valid built-in values.
1628 Any other value is treated as a custom merge tool and requires
1629 that a corresponding mergetool.&lt;tool&gt;.cmd variable is defined.
Junio C Hamano1e6e0062007-07-13 05:33:251630</p>
Junio C Hamanob5e079f2013-02-08 00:02:521631<div class="ulist"><ul>
1632<li>
1633<p>
1634araxis
1635</p>
1636</li>
1637<li>
1638<p>
1639bc3
1640</p>
1641</li>
1642<li>
1643<p>
1644codecompare
1645</p>
1646</li>
1647<li>
1648<p>
1649deltawalker
1650</p>
1651</li>
1652<li>
1653<p>
1654diffuse
1655</p>
1656</li>
1657<li>
1658<p>
1659ecmerge
1660</p>
1661</li>
1662<li>
1663<p>
1664emerge
1665</p>
1666</li>
1667<li>
1668<p>
1669gvimdiff
1670</p>
1671</li>
1672<li>
1673<p>
1674gvimdiff2
1675</p>
1676</li>
1677<li>
1678<p>
1679kdiff3
1680</p>
1681</li>
1682<li>
1683<p>
1684meld
1685</p>
1686</li>
1687<li>
1688<p>
1689opendiff
1690</p>
1691</li>
1692<li>
1693<p>
1694p4merge
1695</p>
1696</li>
1697<li>
1698<p>
1699tkdiff
1700</p>
1701</li>
1702<li>
1703<p>
1704tortoisemerge
1705</p>
1706</li>
1707<li>
1708<p>
1709vimdiff
1710</p>
1711</li>
1712<li>
1713<p>
1714vimdiff2
1715</p>
1716</li>
1717<li>
1718<p>
1719xxdiff
1720</p>
1721</li>
1722</ul></div>
Junio C Hamano1e6e0062007-07-13 05:33:251723</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591724<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1e6e0062007-07-13 05:33:251725merge.verbosity
1726</dt>
1727<dd>
1728<p>
1729 Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
1730 strategy. Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
1731 message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
1732 conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and
1733 above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2.
Junio C Hamanoec87f522008-12-10 08:35:251734 Can be overridden by the <em>GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY</em> environment variable.
Junio C Hamano1e6e0062007-07-13 05:33:251735</p>
1736</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591737<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano6d76d612008-05-09 05:46:081738merge.&lt;driver&gt;.name
1739</dt>
1740<dd>
1741<p>
Junio C Hamanoec87f522008-12-10 08:35:251742 Defines a human-readable name for a custom low-level
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:231743 merge driver. See <a href="gitattributes.html">gitattributes(5)</a> for details.
Junio C Hamano6d76d612008-05-09 05:46:081744</p>
1745</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591746<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano6d76d612008-05-09 05:46:081747merge.&lt;driver&gt;.driver
1748</dt>
1749<dd>
1750<p>
1751 Defines the command that implements a custom low-level
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:231752 merge driver. See <a href="gitattributes.html">gitattributes(5)</a> for details.
Junio C Hamano6d76d612008-05-09 05:46:081753</p>
1754</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591755<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano6d76d612008-05-09 05:46:081756merge.&lt;driver&gt;.recursive
1757</dt>
1758<dd>
1759<p>
1760 Names a low-level merge driver to be used when
1761 performing an internal merge between common ancestors.
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:231762 See <a href="gitattributes.html">gitattributes(5)</a> for details.
Junio C Hamano6d76d612008-05-09 05:46:081763</p>
1764</dd>
Junio C Hamano68cf15a2010-11-06 01:01:591765<dt class="hdlist1">
Junio C Hamano1b50ce92007-10-03 12:05:531766branch.&lt;name&gt;.mergeoptions
1767</dt>
1768<dd>
1769<p>
1770 Sets default options for merging into branch &lt;name&gt;. The syntax and
Junio C Hamanoc0e55e72009-10-10 00:56:291771 supported options are the same as those of <em>git merge</em>, but option
1772 values containing whitespace characters are currently not supported.
Junio C Hamano1b50ce92007-10-03 12:05:531773</p>
1774</dd>
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:311775</dl></div>
Junio C Hamano1e6e0062007-07-13 05:33:251776</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111777</div>
1778<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanoba4b9282008-07-06 05:20:311779<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
Junio C Hamano1a4e8412005-12-27 08:17:231780<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:231781<div class="paragraph"><p><a href="git-fmt-merge-msg.html">git-fmt-merge-msg(1)</a>, <a href="git-pull.html">git-pull(1)</a>,
1782<a href="gitattributes.html">gitattributes(5)</a>,
1783<a href="git-reset.html">git-reset(1)</a>,
1784<a href="git-diff.html">git-diff(1)</a>, <a href="git-ls-files.html">git-ls-files(1)</a>,
1785<a href="git-add.html">git-add(1)</a>, <a href="git-rm.html">git-rm(1)</a>,
1786<a href="git-mergetool.html">git-mergetool(1)</a></p></div>
Junio C Hamanofa2ad882009-12-03 09:15:441787</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111788</div>
1789<div class="sect1">
Junio C Hamanofa2ad882009-12-03 09:15:441790<h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
1791<div class="sectionbody">
Junio C Hamanoa28a9202012-06-21 07:08:231792<div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
Junio C Hamanofa2ad882009-12-03 09:15:441793</div>
Junio C Hamano7bd050f2011-09-22 06:32:221794</div>
Junio C Hamano9d971152012-12-19 00:43:111795</div>
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