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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-merge-index - Runs a merge for files needing merging
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | -- | <file>\*)
+'git-merge-index' [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | \-- | <file>\*)
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ files are passed as arguments 5, 6 and 7.
OPTIONS
-------
---::
+\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
-a::
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ or
fatal: merge program failed
where the latter example shows how "git-merge-index" will stop trying to
-merge once anything has returned an error (ie "cat" returned an error
+merge once anything has returned an error (i.e., "cat" returned an error
for the AA file, because it didn't exist in the original, and thus
"git-merge-index" didn't even try to merge the MM thing).