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[verse]
'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
- [-m <msg>] <remote> <remote>...
+ [-m <msg>] <remote>...
'git merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>...
DESCRIPTION
include::merge-strategies.txt[]
-If you tried a merge which resulted in a complex conflicts and
-would want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'.
+If you tried a merge which resulted in complex conflicts and
+want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'.
CONFIGURATION
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The area where a pair of conflicting changes happened is marked with markers
-"`<<<<<<<`", "`=======`", and "`>>>>>>>`". The part before the "`=======`"
+`<<<<<<<`, `=======`, and `>>>>>>>`. The part before the `=======`
is typically your side, and the part afterwards is typically their side.
The default format does not show what the original said in the conflicting
And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified.
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-In addition to the "`<<<<<<<`", "`=======`", and "`>>>>>>>`" markers, it uses
-another "`|||||||`" marker that is followed by the original text. You can
+In addition to the `<<<<<<<`, `=======`, and `>>>>>>>` markers, it uses
+another `|||||||` marker that is followed by the original text. You can
tell that the original just stated a fact, and your side simply gave in to
that statement and gave up, while the other side tried to have a more
positive attitude. You can sometimes come up with a better resolution by