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authorJustin Frankel <justin@cockos.com>2010-08-26 00:51:47 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-08-27 10:08:50 -0700
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merge-recursive: options to ignore whitespace changes
Add support for merging with ignoring line endings (specifically --ignore-space-at-eol) when using recursive merging. This is as a strategy-option, so that you can do: git merge --strategy-option=ignore-space-at-eol <branch> and git rebase --strategy-option=ignore-space-at-eol <branch> This can be useful for coping with line-ending damage (Xcode 3.1 has a nasty habit of converting all CRLFs to LFs, and VC6 tends to just use CRLFs for inserted lines). The only option I need is ignore-space-at-eol, but while at it, include the other xdiff whitespace options (ignore-space-change, ignore-all-space), too. [jn: with documentation] Signed-off-by: Justin Frankel <justin@cockos.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ patience;;
this when the branches to be merged have diverged wildly.
See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--patience`.
+ignore-space-change;;
+ignore-all-space;;
+ignore-space-at-eol;;
+ Treats lines with the indicated type of whitespace change as
+ unchanged for the sake of a three-way merge. Whitespace
+ changes mixed with other changes to a line are not ignored.
+ See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `-b`, `-w`, and
+ `--ignore-space-at-eol`.
++
+* If 'their' version only introduces whitespace changes to a line,
+ 'our' version is used;
+* If 'our' version introduces whitespace changes but 'their'
+ version includes a substantial change, 'their' version is used;
+* Otherwise, the merge proceeds in the usual way.
+
renormalize;;
This runs a virtual check-out and check-in of all three stages
of a file when resolving a three-way merge. This option is