Merge branch 'nd/maint-work-tree-fix' into maint

[git.git] / Documentation / git-rev-parse.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 6e4d15829d4607b9f5b1bafdbd616643266a2538..4758c33dee53b21c0e8a489f0da11a30c63cbf48 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -215,7 +215,10 @@ blobs contained in a commit.
 * A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
   colon, followed by a path; this names a blob object in the
   index at the given path.  Missing stage number (and the colon
-  that follows it) names an stage 0 entry.
+  that follows it) names an stage 0 entry. During a merge, stage
+  1 is the common ancestor, stage 2 is the target branch's version
+  (typically the current branch), and stage 3 is the version from
+  the branch being merged.
 
 Here is an illustration, by Jon Loeliger.  Both node B and C are
 a commit parents of commit node A.  Parent commits are ordered
@@ -224,7 +227,7 @@ left-to-right.
     G   H   I   J
      \ /     \ /
       D   E   F
-       \  |  / \
+       \  |  / \ 
         \ | /   |
          \|/    |
           B     C
@@ -297,4 +300,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-