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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index 67470311e2..d4ef0d0ce2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -10,17 +10,21 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]... - [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] <remote>... -'git merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>... + [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] <commit>... +'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>... DESCRIPTION ----------- -This is the top-level interface to the merge machinery -which drives multiple merge strategy scripts. +Merges the history specified by <commit> into HEAD, optionally using a +specific merge strategy. -The second syntax (<msg> `HEAD` <remote>) is supported for +The second syntax (<msg> `HEAD` <commit>...) is supported for historical reasons. Do not use it from the command line or in -new scripts. It is the same as `git merge -m <msg> <remote>`. +new scripts. It is the same as `git merge -m <msg> <commit>...`. + +*Warning*: Running 'git merge' with uncommitted changes is +discouraged: while possible, it leaves you in a state that is hard to +back out of in the case of a conflict. OPTIONS @@ -38,16 +42,16 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the result of auto-conflict resolution if possible. -<remote>...:: - Other branch heads to merge into our branch. You need at - least one <remote>. Specifying more than one <remote> - obviously means you are trying an Octopus. +<commit>...:: + Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch. + You need at least one <commit>. Specifying more than one + <commit> obviously means you are trying an Octopus. include::merge-strategies.txt[] If you tried a merge which resulted in complex conflicts and -want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'. +want to start over, you can recover with 'git reset'. CONFIGURATION ------------- @@ -101,8 +105,8 @@ file matches exactly the current `HEAD` commit; otherwise we will write out your local changes already registered in your index file along with the merge result, which is not good. Because 1. involves only those paths differing between your -branch and the remote branch you are pulling from during the -merge (which is typically a fraction of the whole tree), you can +branch and the branch you are merging +(which is typically a fraction of the whole tree), you can have local modifications in your working tree as long as they do not overlap with what the merge updates. @@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ When there are conflicts, the following happens: 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 + stage2 from `HEAD`, and stage3 from the other branch (you can inspect the stages with `git ls-files -u`). The working tree files contain the result of the "merge" program; i.e. 3-way merge results with familiar conflict markers `<<< === >>>`. @@ -194,28 +198,28 @@ After seeing a conflict, you can do two things: * Decide not to merge. The only clean-ups you need are to reset the index file to the `HEAD` commit to reverse 2. and to clean - up working tree changes made by 2. and 3.; 'git-reset --hard' can + up working tree changes made by 2. and 3.; `git-reset --hard` can be used for this. * Resolve the conflicts. Git will mark the conflicts in the working tree. Edit the files into shape and - 'git-add' them to the index. Use 'git-commit' to seal the deal. + 'git add' them to the index. Use 'git commit' to seal the deal. You can work through the conflict with a number of tools: - * Use a mergetool. 'git mergetool' to launch a graphical + * Use a mergetool. `git mergetool` to launch a graphical mergetool which will work you through the merge. - * Look at the diffs. 'git diff' will show a three-way diff, - highlighting changes from both the HEAD and remote versions. + * Look at the diffs. `git diff` will show a three-way diff, + highlighting changes from both the HEAD and their versions. - * Look at the diffs on their own. 'git log --merge -p <path>' - will show diffs first for the HEAD version and then the - remote version. + * Look at the diffs on their own. `git log --merge -p <path>` + will show diffs first for the HEAD version and then + their version. - * Look at the originals. 'git show :1:filename' shows the - common ancestor, 'git show :2:filename' shows the HEAD - version and 'git show :3:filename' shows the remote version. + * Look at the originals. `git show :1:filename` shows the + common ancestor, `git show :2:filename` shows the HEAD + version and `git show :3:filename` shows their version. EXAMPLES |