Merge branch 'rc/maint-curl-helper' into maint

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 6412805f06cea538a7d32c1eb8284b045b919b8a..c2325ef90e336a37df42eb7f71f95e3581c83127 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ git-merge - Join two or more development histories together
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
-       [-m <msg>] <commit>...
+'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash]
+       [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>]
+       [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] <commit>...
 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -61,6 +62,11 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
        used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
        invocations.
 
+--rerere-autoupdate::
+--no-rerere-autoupdate::
+       Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
+       result of auto-conflict resolution if possible.
+
 <commit>...::
        Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch.
        You need at least one <commit>.  Specifying more than one
@@ -215,15 +221,17 @@ You can work through the conflict with a number of tools:
    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 their versions.
+   highlighting changes from both the `HEAD` and `MERGE_HEAD`
+   versions.
 
- * 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 diffs from each branch. `git log --merge -p <path>`
+   will show diffs first for the `HEAD` version and then the
+   `MERGE_HEAD` 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.
+   common ancestor, `git show :2:filename` shows the `HEAD`
+   version, and `git show :3:filename` shows the `MERGE_HEAD`
+   version.
 
 
 EXAMPLES