Merge branch 'jl/clone-recurse-sm-synonym'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
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--- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ merge.renameLimit::
        during a merge; if not specified, defaults to the value of
        diff.renameLimit.
 
+merge.renormalize::
+       Tell git that canonical representation of files in the
+       repository has changed over time (e.g. earlier commits record
+       text files with CRLF line endings, but recent ones use LF line
+       endings).  In such a repository, git can convert the data
+       recorded in commits to a canonical form before performing a
+       merge to reduce unnecessary conflicts.  For more information,
+       see section "Merging branches with differing checkin/checkout
+       attributes" in linkgit:gitattributes[5].
+
 merge.stat::
        Whether to print the diffstat between ORIG_HEAD and the merge result
        at the end of the merge.  True by default.