X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-merge-file.txt;h=303537357b2fb5d1a0d7fa291d51803ddb97749c;hb=d1983677f75469d177b0b948f0b66ad3471a26a2;hp=f057e49951188efa311997e4f79f1ccd480ed1b3;hpb=7dde4bb3674da53dd9e33c741bea3fe680690a0d;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt index f057e4995..303537357 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt @@ -15,17 +15,17 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -`git-file-merge` incorporates all changes that lead from the `` +'git-merge-file' 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. +`` and `` are modifications of ``, +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` -normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with <<<<<<< and ->>>>>>> lines. A typical conflict will look like this: +in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, 'git-merge-file' +normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines containing +<<<<<<< and >>>>>>> markers. A typical conflict will look like this: <<<<<<< A lines in file A @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ 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 -implements all of RCS merge's functionality which is needed by +'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]. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS ``. -q:: - Quiet; do not warn about conflicts. + Quiet; do not warn about conflicts. EXAMPLES @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Written by Johannes Schindelin Documentation -------------- Documentation by Johannes Schindelin and the git-list , -with parts copied from the original documentation of RCS merge. +with parts copied from the original documentation of RCS 'merge'. GIT ---