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diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt index 049313d60..a5ae14fba 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt @@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ the other tree did, declaring 'our' history contains all that happened in it. theirs;; This is opposite of 'ours'. +patience;; + With this option, 'merge-recursive' spends a little extra time + to avoid mismerges that sometimes occur due to unimportant + matching lines (e.g., braces from distinct functions). Use + this when the branches to be merged have diverged wildly. + See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--patience`. + renormalize;; This runs a virtual check-out and check-in of all three stages of a file when resolving a three-way merge. This option is |