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[PATCH] Docs: Add -X option to git-merge's synopsis.

From
Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>
Date
Apr 12, 2010, 16:28 UTC
Message-ID
<1271089693-21365-1-git-send-email-marcnarc@xiplink.com>
Also move -X's description next to -s's in merge-options.txt.

This makes it easier to learn how to specify merge strategy options. ---

Had to specify a merge strategy option today, and it took a little too much work to figure out how.

 Documentation/git-merge.txt     |    3 ++-
 Documentation/merge-options.txt |   10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 9c9618c..ceec787 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-merge - Join two or more development histories together
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
+'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash]...
+	[-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>]...
 	[--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] <commit>...
 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>...
 
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
index 37ce9a1..722d704 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ option can be used to override --squash.
 	is used instead ('git merge-recursive' when merging a single
 	head, 'git merge-octopus' otherwise).
 
+-X <option>::
+--strategy-option=<option>::
+	Pass merge strategy specific option through to the merge
+	strategy.
+
 --summary::
 --no-summary::
 	Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be
@@ -76,8 +81,3 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
 --verbose::
 	Be verbose.
 endif::git-pull[]
-
--X <option>::
---strategy-option=<option>::
-	Pass merge strategy specific option through to the merge
-	strategy.
-- 
1.7.1.rc0
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  1. Docs: Add -X option to git-merge's synopsis.Marc Branchaud, Apr 12, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 12, 2010
  3. Marc BranchaudApr 12, 2010

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