SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
-'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
- [-m <msg>] <commit>...
+'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash]
+ [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>]
+ [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] <commit>...
'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>...
DESCRIPTION
-m <msg>::
Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
- case one is created). The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
- used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
- invocations.
+ case one is created).
++
+If `--log` is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged
+will be appended to the specified message.
++
+The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
+used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
+invocations.
+
+--rerere-autoupdate::
+--no-rerere-autoupdate::
+ Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
+ result of auto-conflict resolution if possible.
<commit>...::
Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch.
mergetool which will work you through the merge.
* Look at the diffs. `git diff` will show a three-way diff,
- highlighting changes from both the HEAD and their versions.
+ highlighting changes from both the `HEAD` and `MERGE_HEAD`
+ versions.
- * Look at the diffs on their own. `git log --merge -p <path>`
- will show diffs first for the HEAD version and then
- their version.
+ * Look at the diffs from each branch. `git log --merge -p <path>`
+ will show diffs first for the `HEAD` version and then the
+ `MERGE_HEAD` version.
* Look at the originals. `git show :1:filename` shows the
- common ancestor, `git show :2:filename` shows the HEAD
- version and `git show :3:filename` shows their version.
+ common ancestor, `git show :2:filename` shows the `HEAD`
+ version, and `git show :3:filename` shows the `MERGE_HEAD`
+ version.
EXAMPLES