Without passing --allow-unrelated-histories the command sequence
fails as intended since commit e379fdf34fee ("merge: refuse to create
too cool a merge by default"). To setup a subtree merging unrelated
histories is normal, so add the option to the howto document.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Documentation/howto/using-merge-subtree.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/using-merge-subtree.txt b/Documentation/howto/using-merge-subtree.txt
index 1ae8d1214ec0..a499a94ac228 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/using-merge-subtree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/using-merge-subtree.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Here is the command sequence you need:
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$ git remote add -f Bproject /path/to/B <1>
-$ git merge -s ours --no-commit Bproject/master <2>
+$ git merge -s ours --no-commit --allow-unrelated-histories Bproject/master <2>
$ git read-tree --prefix=dir-B/ -u Bproject/master <3>
$ git commit -m "Merge B project as our subdirectory" <4>
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2.19.1
