Add using merge subtree How-To

diff --git a/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt b/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
index 5a7e0cfe05f10f1dd27d39af9c8c690b50972878..865a6663240f744d448b0a125ebc123afb72ede2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@ merge introduced 5 commits or so:
 
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 $ git show-branch --more=4 master master^2 | head
-! [master] Merge refs/heads/portable from http://www.cs.berkeley....
+* [master] Merge refs/heads/portable from http://www.cs.berkeley....
  ! [master^2] Replace C99 array initializers with code.
 --
-+  [master] Merge refs/heads/portable from http://www.cs.berkeley....
-++ [master^2] Replace C99 array initializers with code.
-++ [master^2~1] Replace unsetenv() and setenv() with older putenv().
-++ [master^2~2] Include sys/time.h in daemon.c.
-++ [master^2~3] Fix ?: statements.
-++ [master^2~4] Replace zero-length array decls with [].
-+  [master~1] tutorial note about git branch
+-  [master] Merge refs/heads/portable from http://www.cs.berkeley....
+*+ [master^2] Replace C99 array initializers with code.
+*+ [master^2~1] Replace unsetenv() and setenv() with older putenv().
+*+ [master^2~2] Include sys/time.h in daemon.c.
+*+ [master^2~3] Fix ?: statements.
+*+ [master^2~4] Replace zero-length array decls with [].
+*  [master~1] tutorial note about git branch
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 The '--more=4' above means "after we reach the merge base of refs,
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Fortunately I did not have to; what I have in the current branch
 
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 $ git checkout master
-$ git resolve master revert-c99 fast ;# this should be a fast forward
+$ git merge revert-c99 ;# this should be a fast forward
 Updating from 10d781b9caa4f71495c7b34963bef137216f86a8 to e3a693c...
  cache.h        |    8 ++++----
  commit.c       |    2 +-
@@ -95,13 +95,6 @@ Updating from 10d781b9caa4f71495c7b34963bef137216f86a8 to e3a693c...
  5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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-The 'fast' in the above 'git resolve' is not a magic.  I knew this
-'resolve' would result in a fast forward merge, and if not, there is
-something very wrong (so I would do 'git reset' on the 'master' branch
-and examine the situation).  When a fast forward merge is done, the
-message parameter to 'git resolve' is discarded, because no new commit
-is created.  You could have said 'junk' or 'nothing' there as well.
-
 There is no need to redo the test at this point.  We fast forwarded
 and we know 'master' matches 'revert-c99' exactly.  In fact:
 
@@ -153,7 +146,7 @@ Everything is in the good order.  I do not need the temporary branch
 nor tag anymore, so remove them:
 
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-$ rm -f .git/refs/tags/pu-anchor 
+$ rm -f .git/refs/tags/pu-anchor
 $ git branch -d revert-c99
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@@ -193,8 +186,8 @@ $ git show-branch --more=1 master pu rc
  +  [pu~4] Document "git cherry-pick" and "git revert"
  +  [pu~5] Remove git-apply-patch-script.
  +  [pu~6] Redo "revert" using three-way merge machinery.
-  + [rc] Merge refs/heads/master from .
-+++ [master] Revert "Replace zero-length array decls with []."
-  + [rc~1] Merge refs/heads/master from .
-+++ [master~1] Merge refs/heads/portable from http://www.cs.berkeley....
+  - [rc] Merge refs/heads/master from .
+++* [master] Revert "Replace zero-length array decls with []."
+  - [rc~1] Merge refs/heads/master from .
+... [master~1] Merge refs/heads/portable from http://www.cs.berkeley....
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