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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.adoc b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.adoc index f824eea61f..4391bbee47 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.adoc @@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ OPTIONS do not list filenames multiple times if they have multiple conflicting stages). ---[no-]messages:: +--messages:: +--no-messages:: Write any informational messages such as "Auto-merging <path>" or CONFLICT notices to the end of stdout. If unspecified, the default is to include these messages if there are merge @@ -78,11 +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>:: |