From: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> We already have diff-algorithm that explains why there are special diff algorithms, so we do not need to re-explain patience. patience exists as its own toplevel option for historical reasons, but there's no reason to give it special preference or document it again and suggest it's more important than other diff algorithms, so just refer to it as a deprecated shorthand for `diff-algorithm=patience`. Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/merge-strategies.txt | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt index bc82799365a..eb43befac7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt @@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ theirs;; no 'theirs' merge strategy to confuse this merge option with. patience;; - With this option, 'merge-recursive' spends a little extra time - to avoid mismerges that sometimes occur due to unimportant - matching lines (e.g., braces from distinct functions). Use - this when the branches to be merged have diverged wildly. - See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--patience`. + Deprecated shorthand for diff-algorithm=patience. diff-algorithm=[patience|minimal|histogram|myers];; Use a different diff algorithm while merging, which can help -- gitgitgadget
