Grammar fixes to "merge" and "patch-id" docs
Signed-off-by: Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ include::merge-strategies.txt[]
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If you tried a merge which resulted in a complex conflicts and
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would want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'.
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want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'.
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CONFIGURATION
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@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ IOW, you can use this thing to look for likely duplicate commits.
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When dealing with 'git-diff-tree' output, it takes advantage of
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the fact that the patch is prefixed with the object name of the
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commit, and outputs two 40-byte hexadecimal string. The first
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commit, and outputs two 40-byte hexadecimal strings. The first
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string is the patch ID, and the second string is the commit ID.
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This can be used to make a mapping from patch ID to commit ID.
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@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ MERGE STRATEGIES
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resolve::
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This can only resolve two heads (i.e. the current branch
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and another branch you pulled from) using 3-way merge
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and another branch you pulled from) using a 3-way merge
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algorithm. It tries to carefully detect criss-cross
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merge ambiguities and is considered generally safe and
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fast.
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recursive::
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This can only resolve two heads using 3-way merge
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algorithm. When there are more than one common
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ancestors that can be used for 3-way merge, it creates a
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This can only resolve two heads using a 3-way merge
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algorithm. When there is more than one common
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ancestor that can be used for 3-way merge, it creates a
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merged tree of the common ancestors and uses that as
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the reference tree for the 3-way merge. This has been
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reported to result in fewer merge conflicts without
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@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ recursive::
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pulling or merging one branch.
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octopus::
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This resolves more than two-head case, but refuses to do
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complex merge that needs manual resolution. It is
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This resolves cases with more than two heads, but refuses to do
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a complex merge that needs manual resolution. It is
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primarily meant to be used for bundling topic branch
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heads together. This is the default merge strategy when
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pulling or merging more than one branches.
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pulling or merging more than one branch.
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ours::
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This resolves any number of heads, but the result of the
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