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

> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>
> Now that we support octopus merges in the `--rebase-merges` mode,
> we should give users who actually read the manuals a chance to know
> about this fact.
>
> 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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