merge-file: add option to specify the marker size

[git.git] / Documentation / git-merge-file.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt
index 234269ae59234de67ea2cce42edec83cebc400be..a5b9c1f6c8220549b484b3753b48af7d9e2e6901 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]]
-       [--ours|--theirs] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet]
+       [--ours|--theirs] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] [--marker-size=<n>]
        <current-file> <base-file> <other-file>
 
 
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines containing
 If there are conflicts, the user should edit the result and delete one of
 the alternatives.  When `--ours` or `--theirs` option is in effect, however,
 these conflicts are resolved favouring lines from `<current-file>` or
-lines from `<other-file>` respectively.
+lines from `<other-file>` respectively.  The length of the conflict markers
+can be given with the `--marker-size` option.
 
 The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of
 conflicts otherwise. If the merge was clean, the exit value is 0.