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From: "Julia Evans" <julia@jvns.ca>
To: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Julia Evans" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, "Patrick Steinhardt" <ps@pks.im>,
	"Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
	"D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] doc: git-cherry-pick: link to new merge conflicts guide
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:12:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c206ae13-a815-41fe-9cf9-95445b4f98e7@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqse2epw6x.fsf@gitster.g>



On Fri, Oct 9, 2026, at 2:26 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> "Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> -When it is not obvious how to apply a change, the following
>> -happens:
>> +When it is not obvious how to apply a change, there may
>> +be a merge conflict. See linkgit:gitmergeconflicts[7]
>> +(or `git help mergeconflicts`) for a guide to handling merge conflicts.
>
> "Obvious to whom" was the first thing that came to my mind, even
> though the blame largely lies on the original.  Can't we get rid of
> the above pragraph altogether, and "See new one" at the end where
> you replaced "See git-merge" reference below?

Sounds good to me. Same for the language around revert.

>> +When a merge conflict happens:
>>  
>>  1. The current branch and `HEAD` pointer stay at the last commit
>>     successfully made.
>> @@ -36,9 +39,6 @@ happens:
>>     conflict markers `<<<<<<<` and `>>>>>>>`.
>>  5. No other modifications are made.
>>  
>> -See linkgit:git-merge[1] for some hints on resolving such
>> -conflicts.
>> -
>>  OPTIONS
>>  -------
>>  <commit>...::
>> @@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ $ git cherry-pick -Xpatience topic^  <4>
>>  SEE ALSO
>>  --------
>>  linkgit:git-revert[1]
>> +linkgit:gitmergeconflicts[7]
>>  
>>  GIT
>>  ---

  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-09 20:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-24 14:44 [PATCH 0/7] [doc] Add new page on merge conflicts Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 1/7] [doc] Add new gitmergeconflicts man page Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-24 20:36   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-24 22:04     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-30 13:19   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-30 19:53     ` Julia Evans
2026-09-30 20:37       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-01  5:14         ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-10-01 12:10           ` Julia Evans
2026-10-02 17:58         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-05 16:54       ` Julia Evans
2026-10-05 17:22         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-05 19:11           ` Julia Evans
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 2/7] [doc] git-merge: link to new merge conflicts guide Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-25 16:36   ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-09-25 16:59     ` Julia Evans
2026-09-25 18:19       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-25 19:32         ` Ben Knoble
2026-09-25 21:49           ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-25 19:34       ` Ben Knoble
2026-10-02 17:01       ` Julia Evans
2026-10-02 17:50         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-02 18:53           ` Julia Evans
2026-10-02 21:38             ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-03  2:25         ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-03  4:12           ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-30 13:19   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 3/7] [doc] git-rebase: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 4/7] [doc] git-revert: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 5/7] [doc] git-cherry-pick: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-25 17:17   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-28 20:58     ` Julia Evans
2026-09-28 21:25       ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 6/7] [doc] git-pull: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-09-24 14:44 ` [PATCH 7/7] [doc] ignore conflict markers in gitmergeconflicts.adoc Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-07 21:21   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 12:06     ` Julia Evans
2026-09-24 22:20 ` [PATCH 0/7] [doc] Add new page on merge conflicts Junio C Hamano
2026-09-24 23:37   ` Jeff King
2026-09-28 20:41     ` Julia Evans
2026-09-29  1:32       ` Jeff King
2026-09-29  1:56         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-09-25 16:25 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-02 17:39   ` Julia Evans
2026-10-03  2:29     ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-05 18:49       ` Julia Evans
2026-10-06 16:53         ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-06 17:09           ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-10-09 12:00 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 1/6] doc: add new gitmergeconflicts man page Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 17:58     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 18:53       ` Julia Evans
2026-10-09 21:54         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-10  1:45         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 2/6] doc: git-merge: link to new merge conflicts guide Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 18:20     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 3/6] doc: git-rebase: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 18:22     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 4/6] doc: git-revert: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 18:24     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 5/6] doc: git-cherry-pick: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 18:26     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 20:12       ` Julia Evans [this message]
2026-10-09 12:00   ` [PATCH v2 6/6] doc: git-pull: " Julia Evans via GitGitGadget
2026-10-09 18:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 15:41   ` [PATCH v2 0/6] [doc] Add new page on merge conflicts Junio C Hamano
2026-10-09 15:53     ` Julia Evans
2026-10-09 22:10     ` Ben Knoble
2026-10-09 18:36   ` Junio C Hamano

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