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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-09-28 05:47:57 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-09-28 05:47:57 (GMT)
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Merge branch 'jc/merge-x-theirs-docfix'
The documentation for '-X<option>' for merges was misleadingly written to suggest that "-s theirs" exists, which is not the case. * jc/merge-x-theirs-docfix: merge-strategies: avoid implying that "-s theirs" exists
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@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ even look at what the other tree contains at all. It discards everything
the other tree did, declaring 'our' history contains all that happened in it.
theirs;;
- This is the opposite of 'ours'.
+ This is the opposite of 'ours'; note that, unlike 'ours', there is
+ no 'theirs' merge stragegy to confuse this merge option with.
patience;;
With this option, 'merge-recursive' spends a little extra time