Merge branch 'jn/gitweb-unspecified-action' into maint-1.7.8

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
index 8c79ae8d2a610bf4f1dea1a840bfc52e85d90fd9..2a49de7cfe5188b531bc02f1115e253bfa10e0e0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -16,9 +17,10 @@ Use `git mergetool` to run one of several merge utilities to resolve
 merge conflicts.  It is typically run after 'git merge'.
 
 If one or more <file> parameters are given, the merge tool program will
-be run to resolve differences on each file.  If no <file> names are
-specified, 'git mergetool' will run the merge tool program on every file
-with merge conflicts.
+be run to resolve differences on each file (skipping those without
+conflicts).  Specifying a directory will include all unresolved files in
+that path.  If no <file> names are specified, 'git mergetool' will run
+the merge tool program on every file with merge conflicts.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------