SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]]
+'git merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]]
[-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file>
DESCRIPTION
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-git-file-merge incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>`
+'git-file-merge' incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>`
to `<other-file>` into `<current-file>`. The result ordinarily goes into
-`<current-file>`. git-merge-file is useful for combining separate changes
+`<current-file>`. 'git-merge-file' is useful for combining separate changes
to an original. Suppose `<base-file>` is the original, and both
`<current-file>` and `<other-file>` are modifications of `<base-file>`.
-Then git-merge-file combines both changes.
+Then 'git-merge-file' combines both changes.
A conflict occurs if both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` have changes
-in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, git-merge-file
+in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, 'git-merge-file'
normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with <<<<<<< and
>>>>>>> lines. A typical conflict will look like this:
The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of
conflicts otherwise. If the merge was clean, the exit value is 0.
-git-merge-file is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS merge, that is, it
-implements all of RCS merge's functionality which is needed by
+'git-merge-file' is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS 'merge'; that is, it
+implements all of RCS 'merge''s functionality which is needed by
linkgit:git[1].
This option may be given up to three times, and
specifies labels to be used in place of the
corresponding file names in conflict reports. That is,
- `git-merge-file -L x -L y -L z a b c` generates output that
+ `git merge-file -L x -L y -L z a b c` generates output that
looks like it came from files x, y and z instead of
from files a, b and c.
Documentation
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Documentation by Johannes Schindelin and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>,
-with parts copied from the original documentation of RCS merge.
+with parts copied from the original documentation of RCS 'merge'.
GIT
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-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite