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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-10-30 21:44:43 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-10-30 21:44:43 -0700
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Merge branch 'maint' into HEAD
* maint: Update GIT 1.5.3.5 Release Notes git-rebase--interactive.sh: Make 3-way merge strategies work for -p. git-rebase--interactive.sh: Don't pass a strategy to git-cherry-pick. Fix --strategy parsing in git-rebase--interactive.sh Make merge-recursive honor diff.renamelimit cherry-pick/revert: more compact user direction message core-tutorial: Use new syntax for git-merge. git-merge: document but discourage the historical syntax Prevent send-pack from segfaulting (backport from 'master') Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt: s/mgs/msg/ in example Conflicts: git-rebase--interactive.sh
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[verse]
'git-merge' [-n] [--summary] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
[-m <msg>] <remote> <remote>...
+'git-merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
This is the top-level interface to the merge machinery
which drives multiple merge strategy scripts.
+The second syntax (<msg> `HEAD` <remote>) is supported for
+historical reasons. Do not use it from the command line or in
+new scripts. It is the same as `git merge -m <msg> <remote>`.
+
OPTIONS
-------
include::merge-options.txt[]
-<msg>::
+-m <msg>::
The commit message to be used for the merge commit (in case
it is created). The `git-fmt-merge-msg` script can be used
to give a good default for automated `git-merge` invocations.
-<head>::
- Our branch head commit. This has to be `HEAD`, so new
- syntax does not require it
-
<remote>::
Other branch head merged into our branch. You need at
least one <remote>. Specifying more than one <remote>