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[PATCH] Documentation: mention how to define multiple strategies

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
May 15, 2008, 22:10 UTC
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pull.twohead and pull.octopus supports multiple default strategies but this was undocumented and it was not obvious how to do so.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 217980f..8a4abb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -924,10 +924,12 @@ pack.packSizeLimit::
 
 pull.octopus::
 	The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
-	at once.
+	at once. Multiple strategies can be defined using a space
+	separated list.
 
 pull.twohead::
 	The default merge strategy to use when pulling a single branch.
+	Multiple strategies can be defined using a space separated list.
 
 remote.<name>.url::
 	The URL of a remote repository.  See linkgit:git-fetch[1] or
-- 
1.5.5
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