Aw: Re: [PATCH 07/13] Improve description in "How to merge"
> > Hm. It's been too long since I was a novice, since I find the above > clear already. > OK; I will drop that patch. --- Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH 07/13] Improve description in "How to merge"
Thomas Ackermann wrote: > Describe the conflict resolution in terms of the > commands the user is supposed to use. [...] > --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt > +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt > @@ -1251,10 +1251,8 @@ Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit > the result. > - > > Conflict markers are left in the problematic files, and after > -you resolve the conflicts manually, you can update the index > -with the contents and run Git commit, as you normally would when > -creating a new file. Hm. It's been too long since I was a novice, since I find the above clear already. To make the text clearer, I think it would be best to *add* an example instead of replacing it by one. Thanks, Jonathan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [PATCH 07/13] Improve description in "How to merge"
Thomas Ackermann writes: > Describe the conflict resolution in terms of the > commands the user is supposed to use. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann > --- > Documentation/user-manual.txt | 6 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt > index ccbddc7..0656191 100644 > --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt > +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt > @@ -1251,10 +1251,8 @@ Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit > the result. > - > > Conflict markers are left in the problematic files, and after > -you resolve the conflicts manually, you can update the index > -with the contents and run Git commit, as you normally would when > -creating a new file. > - > +you have resolved the conflicts manually, you can `git add` the > +new contents and do a `git commit` in the end. This is a slight documentation regression, as there are cases your conflict resolution is a removal of the file, isn't it? > If you examine the resulting commit using gitk, you will see that it > has two parents, one pointing to the top of the current branch, and > one to the top of the other branch. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
[PATCH 07/13] Improve description in "How to merge"
Describe the conflict resolution in terms of the commands the user is supposed to use. Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann --- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 6 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index ccbddc7..0656191 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -1251,10 +1251,8 @@ Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result. - Conflict markers are left in the problematic files, and after -you resolve the conflicts manually, you can update the index -with the contents and run Git commit, as you normally would when -creating a new file. - +you have resolved the conflicts manually, you can `git add` the +new contents and do a `git commit` in the end. If you examine the resulting commit using gitk, you will see that it has two parents, one pointing to the top of the current branch, and one to the top of the other branch. -- 1.8.3.msysgit.0 --- Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
