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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/merge-config.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/merge-strategies.txt | 11 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt index 48ee3bc..662c271 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt @@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ merge.renameLimit:: diff.renameLimit. This setting has no effect if rename detection is turned off. +merge.renames:: + Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false", + rename detection is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename + detection is enabled. Defaults to the value of diff.renames. + merge.renormalize:: Tell Git that canonical representation of files in the repository has changed over time (e.g. earlier commits record diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt index 4a58aad..aa66cbe 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt @@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ recursive:: causing mismerges by tests done on actual merge commits taken from Linux 2.6 kernel development history. Additionally this can detect and handle merges involving - renames. This is the default merge strategy when - pulling or merging one branch. + renames, but currently cannot make use of detected + copies. This is the default merge strategy when pulling + or merging one branch. + The 'recursive' strategy can take the following options: @@ -84,12 +85,14 @@ no-renormalize;; `merge.renormalize` configuration variable. no-renames;; - Turn off rename detection. + Turn off rename detection. This overrides the `merge.renames` + configuration variable. See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--no-renames`. find-renames[=<n>];; Turn on rename detection, optionally setting the similarity - threshold. This is the default. + threshold. This is the default. This overrides the + 'merge.renames' configuration variable. See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--find-renames`. rename-threshold=<n>;; |