"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > > In 5f43cf5b2e4 (merge-tree: accept 3 trees as arguments, 2024-01-28), I > taught `git merge-tree` to perform three-way merges on trees. This > commit even changed the manual page to state that the `--merge-base` > option takes a tree-ish rather than requiring a commit. > > But I forgot to adjust the in-program help text. This patch fixes that. Thanks for being careful---better late than never ;-) Will queue and fast-track, as I do not see much chance of regression coming from here. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > --- > merge-tree: adjust argument type of the --merge-base option > > Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1717%2Fdscho%2Fmerge-tree-document-merge-base-treeish-v1 > Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1717/dscho/merge-tree-document-merge-base-treeish-v1 > Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1717 > > builtin/merge-tree.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/builtin/merge-tree.c b/builtin/merge-tree.c > index 3492a575a6c..60eaf0ca9f1 100644 > --- a/builtin/merge-tree.c > +++ b/builtin/merge-tree.c > @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ int cmd_merge_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > PARSE_OPT_NONEG), > OPT_STRING(0, "merge-base", > &merge_base, > - N_("commit"), > + N_("tree-ish"), > N_("specify a merge-base for the merge")), > OPT_STRVEC('X', "strategy-option", &xopts, N_("option=value"), > N_("option for selected merge strategy")), > > base-commit: 342990c7aaef5ac645e89101cb84569caf64baf4