Michael Lohmann <mial.lohmann@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 437591a9d738 combined the synopsis of "The second syntax" (meaning `git > merge --abort`) and "The third syntax" (for `git merge --continue`) into > this single line: > > git merge (--continue | --abort | --quit) > > but it was still referred to when describing the preconditions that have > to be fulfilled to run the respective actions. In other words: > References by number are no longer valid after a merge of some of the > synopses. > > Also the previous version of the documentation did not acknowledge that > `--no-commit` would result in the precondition being fulfilled (thanks > to Elijah Newren and Junio C Hamano for pointing that out). > > This change also groups `--abort` and `--continue` together when > explaining the prerequisites in order to avoid duplication. > > Helped-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Michael Lohmann <mi.al.lohmann@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > @Junio My sentence was ambiguous. I wanted to refer to the upstream > version of the docs, since that also has the faulty prerequisites, so I > changed it to "the previous version of the documentation" for > clarification. If you think that this paragraph is not needed > nevertheless I am perfectly happy to remove it. Ah, sorry about the misunderstanding. Will apply. Thanks.