Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] Documentation/git-merge: reword references to "remote" and "pull"
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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
- Date
- Jan 10, 2010, 12:24 UTC
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- <201001101324.47025.trast@student.ethz.ch>
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- <20100110041357.GF1083@progeny.tock>
Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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> Thomas Rast wrote: > > * Look at the diffs. 'git diff' will show a three-way diff, > > - highlighting changes from both the HEAD and remote versions. > > + highlighting changes from both the HEAD and their versions. > > > > * Look at the diffs on their own. 'git log --merge -p <path>' > > This is a bit awkward, since 'they' is playing two roles. Also, > the context does not make it obvious what 'our' and 'their' > versions are. > > Maybe: > > | * Look at the diffs. 'git diff' will show a three-way diff, > | highlighting changes from both the HEAD and MERGE_HEAD > | versions.
I like this idea, as it nicely assigns terminology to the "their" side. We need to explain MERGE_HEAD (it's not in the manpage yet), but that should fit in somewhere.
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Thomas Rast
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