Re: [PATCH 4/7] Documentation: merge: add an overview

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Hi,

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
[snip]
> +Assume the following history exists and the current branch is
> +"`master`":
> +
> +------------
> +          A---B---C topic
> +         /
> +    D---E---F---G master
> +------------
> +
> +Then "`git merge topic`" will replay the changes made on the
> +`topic` branch since it diverged from `master` (i.e., `E`) until
> +its current commit (`C`) on top of `master`, and record the result
> +in a new commit along with the names of the two parent commits and
> +a log message from the user describing the changes.

The word 'replay' seems inappropriate for a description of 'merge'.  To
me 'replay' seems a synonym of 'rebase' (and IIRC tla has a 'replay'
command that was similar to 'rebase' [1]).

(Yeah, I know, I'm responding 3 weeks too late, and the patch is already
in the tree.)

- Hari

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-arch/tutorial/Introducing-replay-_002d_002d-An-Alternative-to-update.html

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