modernize fetch/merge/pull examples

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index c04ae739edd409307d286fe31e6f87e41f977eac..e886c2ef543501deea84909b2e88fb163a1c9d2b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
-       [-m <msg>] <remote> <remote>...
+       [-m <msg>] <remote>...
 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ OPTIONS
 include::merge-options.txt[]
 
 -m <msg>::
-       The commit message to be used for the merge commit (in case
-       it is created). The 'git-fmt-merge-msg' script can be used
-       to give a good default for automated 'git-merge' invocations.
+       Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
+       case one is created). The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
+       used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
+       invocations.
 
 <remote>...::
        Other branch heads to merge into our branch.  You need at
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ include::merge-config.txt[]
 
 branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
        Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
-       supported options are equal to that of 'git-merge', but option values
-       containing whitespace characters are currently not supported.
+       supported options are the same as those of 'git merge', but option
+       values containing whitespace characters are currently not supported.
 
 HOW MERGE WORKS
 ---------------
@@ -211,6 +212,39 @@ You can work through the conflict with a number of tools:
    common ancestor, 'git show :2:filename' shows the HEAD
    version and 'git show :3:filename' shows the remote version.
 
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+* Merge branches `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of
+  the current branch, making an octopus merge:
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git merge fixes enhancements
+------------------------------------------------
+
+* Merge branch `obsolete` into the current branch, using `ours`
+  merge strategy:
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git merge -s ours obsolete
+------------------------------------------------
+
+* Merge branch `maint` into the current branch, but do not make
+  a new commit automatically:
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git merge --no-commit maint
+------------------------------------------------
++
+This can be used when you want to include further changes to the
+merge, or want to write your own merge commit message.
++
+You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial
+changes into a merge commit.  Small fixups like bumping
+release/version name would be acceptable.
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1], linkgit:git-pull[1],