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[PATCH 3/6] user-manual: fix inconsistent use of pull and merge

From
JFJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Date
Mar 11, 2007, 04:35 UTC
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From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>

I used "git pull ." instead of "git merge" here without any explanation. Stick instead to "git merge" for now (the equivalent pull syntax is still covered in a later chapter).

Cc: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt |   14 +++-----------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 8b5709b..f4ea967 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1133,17 +1133,9 @@ modified in two different ways in the remote branch and the local
 branch--then you are warned; the output may look something like this:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
-$ git pull . next
-Trying really trivial in-index merge...
-fatal: Merge requires file-level merging
-Nope.
-Merging HEAD with 77976da35a11db4580b80ae27e8d65caf5208086
-Merging:
-15e2162 world
-77976da goodbye
-found 1 common ancestor(s):
-d122ed4 initial
-Auto-merging file.txt
+$ git merge next
+ 100% (4/4) done
+Auto-merged file.txt
 CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in file.txt
 Automatic merge failed; fix conflicts and then commit the result.
 -------------------------------------------------
-- 
1.5.0.gb75812-dirty
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Message 17 of 27 in “Documentation (mostly user manual) patches”
  1. J. Bruce FieldsMar 4, 2007
  2. Documentation: mention module option to git-cvsimportJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  3. user-manual: reset to ORIG_HEAD not HEAD to undo mergeJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  4. user-manual: ensure generated manual references stylesheetJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  5. user-manual: insert earlier of mention content-addressable architectureJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  6. user-manual: how to replace commits older than most recentJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  7. user-manual: more detailed merge discussionJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  8. glossary: Add definitions for dangling and unreachable objectsJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 4, 2007
  9. Yasushi SHOJIMar 5, 2007
  10. Robert PluimMar 16, 2007
  11. J. Bruce FieldsMar 16, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2007
  13. J. Bruce FieldsMar 5, 2007
  14. J. Bruce FieldsMar 11, 2007
  15. 1/6 glossary: fix overoptimistic automatic linking of defined termsJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  16. 2/6 user-manual: fix inconsistent exampleJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  17. 3/6 user-manual: fix inconsistent use of pull and mergeJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  18. 4/6 user-manual: fix missing colon in git-show exampleJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  19. 5/6 user-manual: fix rendering of history diagramsJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  20. 6/6 user-manual: install user manual stylesheet with other web documentsJ. Bruce Fields, Mar 11, 2007
  21. J. Bruce FieldsMar 11, 2007
  22. Ramsay JonesMar 13, 2007
  23. J. Bruce FieldsMar 14, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2007
  25. Ramsay JonesMar 7, 2007
  26. J. Bruce FieldsMar 16, 2007
  27. J. Bruce FieldsMar 16, 2007

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