Merge branch 'jk/remove-experimental-loose-object-support'

diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
index 66db80296f505a9bd830c746f82bb54e3f49f313..49a9a7d53f5836ecf2c5bcadb30f0d314414afe0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ patience;;
        this when the branches to be merged have diverged wildly.
        See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--patience`.
 
+diff-algorithm=[patience|minimal|histogram|myers];;
+       Tells 'merge-recursive' to use a different diff algorithm, which
+       can help avoid mismerges that occur due to unimportant matching
+       lines (such as braces from distinct functions).  See also
+       linkgit:git-diff[1] `--diff-algorithm`.
+
 ignore-space-change;;
 ignore-all-space;;
 ignore-space-at-eol;;