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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 02a3ec83e4..8c1793c148 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -1132,7 +1132,10 @@ size (see below). The merge driver is expected to leave the result of the merge in the file named with `%A` by overwriting it, and exit with zero status if it managed to merge them cleanly, or non-zero if there -were conflicts. +were conflicts. When the driver crashes (e.g. killed by SEGV), +it is expected to exit with non-zero status that are higher than +128, and in such a case, the merge results in a failure (which is +different from producing a conflict). The `merge.*.recursive` variable specifies what other merge driver to use when the merge driver is called for an internal @@ -1148,8 +1151,8 @@ will be stored via placeholder `%P`. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This attribute controls the length of conflict markers left in -the work tree file during a conflicted merge. Only setting to -the value to a positive integer has any meaningful effect. +the work tree file during a conflicted merge. Only a positive +integer has a meaningful effect. For example, this line in `.gitattributes` can be used to tell the merge machinery to leave much longer (instead of the usual 7-character-long) |