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@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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-`git-file-merge` incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>`
+'git-file-merge' incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>`
to `<other-file>` into `<current-file>`. The result ordinarily goes into
-`<current-file>`. `git-merge-file` is useful for combining separate changes
+`<current-file>`. 'git-merge-file' is useful for combining separate changes
to an original. Suppose `<base-file>` is the original, and both
`<current-file>` and `<other-file>` are modifications of `<base-file>`.
-Then `git-merge-file` combines both changes.
+Then 'git-merge-file' combines both changes.
A conflict occurs if both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` 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].