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From: Thomas Rast
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] merge-recursive: -Xindex-only to leave worktree unchanged
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 12:57:15 +0100
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Cc: Git List , Junio C Hamano ,
Thomas Rast
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Eric Sunshine writes:
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Thomas Rast wrote:
>> Using the new no_worktree flag from the previous commit, we can teach
>> merge-recursive to leave the worktree untouched. Expose this with a
>> new strategy option so that scripts can use it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano
>> ---
>> diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
>> index fb6e593..2934e99 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
>> @@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ subtree[=];;
>> is prefixed (or stripped from the beginning) to make the shape of
>> two trees to match.
>>
>> +index-only;;
>
> s/;;/::/
I think ;; is actually correct: this continues the sub-list of options
to the recursive strategy. The :: level lists the available strategies.
>> + Write the merge result only to the index; do not touch the
>> + worktree.
>> +
>> octopus::
>> This resolves cases with more than two heads, but refuses to do
>> a complex merge that needs manual resolution. It is
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