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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt index 71c7ad76d5..cc9c7c52c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt @@ -322,12 +322,43 @@ String:: requested with "binary". +Built-in merge drivers +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +There are a few built-in low-level merge drivers defined that +can be asked for via the `merge` attribute. + +text:: + + Usual 3-way file level merge for text files. Conflicted + regions are marked with conflict markers `<<<<<<<`, + `=======` and `>>>>>>>`. The version from your branch + appears before the `=======` marker, and the version + from the merged branch appears after the `=======` + marker. + +binary:: + + Keep the version from your branch in the work tree, but + leave the path in the conflicted state for the user to + sort out. + +union:: + + Run 3-way file level merge for text files, but take + lines from both versions, instead of leaving conflict + markers. This tends to leave the added lines in the + resulting file in random order and the user should + verify the result. Do not use this if you do not + understand the implications. + + Defining a custom merge driver ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -The definition of a merge driver is done in `gitconfig` not -`gitattributes` file, so strictly speaking this manual page is a -wrong place to talk about it. However... +The definition of a merge driver is done in the `.git/config` +file, not in the `gitattributes` file, so strictly speaking this +manual page is a wrong place to talk about it. However... To define a custom merge driver `filfre`, add a section to your `$GIT_DIR/config` file (or `$HOME/.gitconfig` file) like this: |