From: Thomas Rast <tr@thomasrast.ch>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 11:57:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] merge-recursive: -Xindex-only to leave worktree unchanged
Message-ID: <87vbw6qbxg.fsf@thomasrast.ch>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cSWhbunMtQ8=sXqwR7Ps+c0DY2SqVKpu_draaieSJrEPA@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Thomas Rast <tr@thomasrast.ch> wrote:
>> Using the new no_worktree flag from the previous commit, we can teach
>> merge-recursive to leave the worktree untouched.  Expose this with a
>> new strategy option so that scripts can use it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
>> index fb6e593..2934e99 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
>> @@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ subtree[=<path>];;
>>         is prefixed (or stripped from the beginning) to make the shape of
>>         two trees to match.
>>
>> +index-only;;
>
> s/;;/::/

I think ;; is actually correct: this continues the sub-list of options
to the recursive strategy.  The :: level lists the available strategies.

>> +       Write the merge result only to the index; do not touch the
>> +       worktree.
>> +
>>  octopus::
>>         This resolves cases with more than two heads, but refuses to do
>>         a complex merge that needs manual resolution.  It is
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Thomas Rast
tr@thomasrast.ch