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[PATCH] Add note that conflict resolution is still performed

From
MBMatthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>
Date
Jul 12, 2022, 14:04 UTC
Message-ID
<20220712140450.1288726-1-mail@beyermatthias.de>
In-Reply-To
<xmqq4jzvla9x.fsf@gitster.g>

We should note that conflict resolution is still performed, even if `--no-rerere-autoupdate` is specified, to make sure users do not get confused by the setting and assume this disables rerere conflict resultion all together.

CC: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
CC: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>
---
 Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index 78dcc9171f..730a4590af 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ effect to your index in a row.
 --no-rerere-autoupdate::
 	Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
 	result of auto-conflict resolution if possible.
+	If `--no-rerere-autoupdate` is specified, the conflict resolution is
+	still performed, but the index is not updated.
 
 SEQUENCER SUBCOMMANDS
 ---------------------
-- 
2.36.0
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  3. Matthias BeyerJul 3, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2022
  5. Add note that conflict resolution is still performedMatthias Beyer, Jul 12, 2022

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