From: Jonathan Nieder Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:21:23 GMT Subject: [PATCH 0/6] Re: Documentation: warn prominently against merging with dirty trees Message-ID: <20100111082123.GA23742@progeny.tock> In-Reply-To: <20100111041318.GA9806@progeny.tock> Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Junio C Hamano wrote: >> You need to be able to tell the two ways in which a "mergy" operation can >> "fail" apart [*1*]. > > Thanks for bringing this up. The manual does not emphasize that > point at all, but it should. Maybe something like this (patch 4) could help. This should pass through Thomas’s tree to avoid conflicts with his other changes; but of course, I would be glad to hear any thoughts you have before then. Jonathan Nieder (6): Documentation: clarify one-line description for merge Documentation: merge: add an overview Documentation: merge: move configuration section to the end Documentation: emphasize when git merge terminates early Documentation: merge: add a section about fast-forward Documentation: merge: tweak HOW MERGE WORKS section Documentation/git-merge.txt | 149 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)