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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-10-10 12:51:46 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-10-10 12:51:46 -0700 |
| commit | 472c3f5607b79fa1b2d228334b607a870924d6e4 (patch) | |
| tree | e350fe8f4c2fa04e4580068cfecf9595f52400c6 | |
| parent | 4750afe9b9f1bbf6d28b78f3ebd9e45b8f05486a (diff) | |
| parent | 1c573a34516ab869487ff1212e3244efdc1c402f (diff) | |
Merge branch 'en/doc-merge-tree-describe-merge-base'
Clarify the "--merge-base" command line option in "git merge-tree".
* en/doc-merge-tree-describe-merge-base:
Documentation/git-merge-tree.adoc: clarify the --merge-base option
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-merge-tree.adoc | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.adoc b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.adoc index 271ab220e8..4391bbee47 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.adoc @@ -79,11 +79,17 @@ OPTIONS --merge-base=<tree-ish>:: Instead of finding the merge-bases for <branch1> and <branch2>, - specify a merge-base for the merge, and specifying multiple bases is - currently not supported. This option is incompatible with `--stdin`. + specify a merge-base for the merge. This option is incompatible with + `--stdin`. + -As the merge-base is provided directly, <branch1> and <branch2> do not need -to specify commits; trees are enough. +Specifying multiple bases is currently not supported, which means that when +merging two branches with more than one merge-base, using this option may +cause merge results to differ from what `git merge` would compute. This +can include potentially losing some changes made on one side of the history +in the resulting merge. ++ +With this option, since the merge-base is provided directly, <branch1> and +<branch2> do not need to specify commits; trees are enough. -X<option>:: --strategy-option=<option>:: |