[PATCH 3/3] rebase --rebase-merges: adjust man page for octopus support

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Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

Date

Mar 9, 2018, 16:36 UTC

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From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 0e20a66e7..c4bcd24bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -879,8 +879,8 @@ rescheduled immediately, with a helpful message how to edit the todo list
 (this typically happens when a `reset` command was inserted into the todo
 list manually and contains a typo).
 
-The `merge` command will merge the specified revision into whatever is
-HEAD at that time. With `-C <original-commit>`, the commit message of
+The `merge` command will merge the specified revision(s) into whatever
+is HEAD at that time. With `-C <original-commit>`, the commit message of
 the specified merge commit will be used. When the `-C` is changed to
 a lower-case `-c`, the message will be opened in an editor after a
 successful merge so that the user can edit the message.
@@ -889,7 +889,8 @@ If a `merge` command fails for any reason other than merge conflicts (i.e.
 when the merge operation did not even start), it is rescheduled immediately.
 
 At this time, the `merge` command will *always* use the `recursive`
-merge strategy, with no way to choose a different one. To work around
+merge strategy for regular merges, and `octopus` for octopus merges,
+strategy, with no way to choose a different one. To work around
 this, an `exec` command can be used to call `git merge` explicitly,
 using the fact that the labels are worktree-local refs (the ref
 `refs/rewritten/onto` would correspond to the label `onto`, for example).

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