X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=Documentation%2Fgit-merge-file.txt;fp=Documentation%2Fgit-merge-file.txt;h=6e70ea4923cef0bcb9c0c88c04987e29658f8270;hb=ba020ef5eb5fca3d757bd580ff117adaf81ca079;hp=2a418175acbe81d8463a32450210b310c35e3cb9;hpb=0979c106498f21838140313b485f90faf06f454f;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index 2a418175a..6e70ea492 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -`git-file-merge` incorporates all changes that lead from the `` +'git-file-merge' incorporates all changes that lead from the `` to `` into ``. The result ordinarily goes into -``. `git-merge-file` is useful for combining separate changes +``. 'git-merge-file' is useful for combining separate changes to an original. Suppose `` is the original, and both `` and `` are modifications of ``. -Then `git-merge-file` combines both changes. +Then 'git-merge-file' combines both changes. A conflict occurs if both `` and `` have changes -in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, `git-merge-file` +in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, 'git-merge-file' normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with <<<<<<< and >>>>>>> lines. A typical conflict will look like this: @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ the alternatives. The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of conflicts otherwise. If the merge was clean, the exit value is 0. -`git-merge-file` is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS `merge`; that is, it +'git-merge-file' is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS `merge`; that is, it implements all of RCS merge's functionality which is needed by linkgit:git[1].