The git-merge manpage was written in terms of merging a "remote",
which is no longer the case: you merge local or remote-tracking
branches; pull is for actual remotes.
Adjust the manpage accordingly. We refer to the arguments as
"commits", and change instances of "remote" to "other" (where branches
are concerned) or "theirs" (where conflict sides are concerned).
Remove the single reference to "pulling".
Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Out of sheer curiosity:
The git-merge manpage was written in terms of merging a "remote",
which is no longer the case
Was this ever the case? Or is it just stale terminology?
Documentation/git-merge.txt | 32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index e886c2e..7dbde7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
- [-m <msg>] <remote>...
-'git merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>...
+ [-m <msg>] <commit>...
+'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-This is the top-level interface to the merge machinery
-which drives multiple merge strategy scripts.
+Merges the history specified by <commit> into HEAD, optionally using a
+specific merge strategy.
-The second syntax (<msg> `HEAD` <remote>) is supported for
+The second syntax (<msg> `HEAD` <commit>...) is supported for
historical reasons. Do not use it from the command line or in
-new scripts. It is the same as `git merge -m <msg> <remote>`.
+new scripts. It is the same as `git merge -m <msg> <commit>...`.
OPTIONS
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
invocations.
-<remote>...::
- Other branch heads to merge into our branch. You need at
- least one <remote>. Specifying more than one <remote>
- obviously means you are trying an Octopus.
+<commit>...::
+ Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch.
+ You need at least one <commit>. Specifying more than one
+ <commit> obviously means you are trying an Octopus.
include::merge-strategies.txt[]
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ file matches exactly the current `HEAD` commit; otherwise we
will write out your local changes already registered in your
index file along with the merge result, which is not good.
Because 1. involves only those paths differing between your
-branch and the remote branch you are pulling from during the
-merge (which is typically a fraction of the whole tree), you can
+branch and the branch you are merging
+(which is typically a fraction of the whole tree), you can
have local modifications in your working tree as long as they do
not overlap with what the merge updates.
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ When there are conflicts, the following happens:
3. For conflicting paths, the index file records up to three
versions; stage1 stores the version from the common ancestor,
- stage2 from `HEAD`, and stage3 from the remote branch (you
+ stage2 from `HEAD`, and stage3 from the other branch (you
can inspect the stages with `git ls-files -u`). The working
tree files contain the result of the "merge" program; i.e. 3-way
merge results with familiar conflict markers `<<< === >>>`.
@@ -202,15 +202,15 @@ You can work through the conflict with a number of tools:
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 remote versions.
+ highlighting changes from both the HEAD and 'theirs' versions.
* Look at the diffs on their own. 'git log --merge -p <path>'
will show diffs first for the HEAD version and then the
- remote version.
+ 'theirs' 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 the remote version.
+ version and 'git show :3:filename' shows 'their' version.
EXAMPLES
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1.6.6.202.gdf32a
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