NAME
----
-git-rerere - Reuse recorded resolve
+git-rerere - Reuse recorded resolution of conflicted merges
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-rerere' [clear|diff|status]
+'git-rerere' [clear|diff|status|gc]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
You need to create `$GIT_DIR/rr-cache` directory to enable this
command.
+
+COMMANDS
+--------
+
+Normally, git-rerere is run without arguments or user-intervention.
+However, it has several commands that allow it to interact with
+its working state.
+
+'clear'::
+
+This resets the metadata used by rerere if a merge resolution is to be
+is aborted. Calling gitlink:git-am[1] --skip or gitlink:git-rebase[1]
+[--skip|--abort] will automatically invoke this command.
+
+'diff'::
+
+This displays diffs for the current state of the resolution. It is
+useful for tracking what has changed while the user is resolving
+conflicts. Additional arguments are passed directly to the system
+diff(1) command installed in PATH.
+
+'status'::
+
+Like diff, but this only prints the filenames that will be tracked
+for resolutions.
+
+'gc'::
+
+This command is used to prune records of conflicted merge that
+occurred long time ago. By default, conflicts older than 15
+days that you have not recorded their resolution, and conflicts
+older than 60 days, are pruned. These are controlled with
+`gc.rerereunresolved` and `gc.rerereresolved` configuration
+variables.
+
+
DISCUSSION
----------
------------
$ git checkout topic
- $ git pull . master
+ $ git merge master
o---*---o---+ topic
/ /
------------
$ git checkout topic
- $ git pull . master
+ $ git merge master
$ ... work on both topic and master branches
$ git checkout master
- $ git pull . topic
+ $ git merge topic
o---*---o---+---o---o topic
/ / \
------------
$ git checkout topic
- $ git pull . master
+ $ git merge master
$ git reset --hard HEAD^ ;# rewind the test merge
$ ... work on both topic and master branches
$ git checkout master
- $ git pull . topic
+ $ git merge topic
o---*---o-------o---o topic
/ \
out to your working tree file, so you would not have to manually
resolve it. Note that `git-rerere` leaves the index file alone,
so you still need to do the final sanity checks with `git diff`
-(or `git diff -c`) and `git update-index` when you are
-satisfied.
+(or `git diff -c`) and `git add` when you are satisfied.
As a convenience measure, `git-merge` automatically invokes
`git-rerere` when it exits with a failed automerge, which
`git-rerere` is run by `git rebase` to help you resolve this
conflict.
-COMMANDS
---------
-
-Normally, git-rerere is run without arguments or user-intervention.
-However, it has several commands that allow it to interact with
-its working state.
-
-'clear'::
-
-This resets the metadata used by rerere if a merge resolution is to be
-is aborted. Calling gitlink:git-am[1] --skip or gitlink:git-rebase[1]
-[--skip|--abort] will automatcally invoke this command.
-
-'diff'::
-
-This displays diffs for the current state of the resolution. It is
-useful for tracking what has changed while the user is resolving
-conflicts. Additional arguments are passed directly to the system
-diff(1) command installed in PATH.
-
-'status'::
-
-Like diff, but this only prints the filenames that will be tracked
-for resolutions.
Author
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