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[PATCH 4/6] Documentation/git-merge.txt: improve short description in NAME

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Date
Oct 5, 2016, 14:46 UTC
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From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>

Old description not only raised the question of why the tool is called git-merge rather than git-join, but "join histories" also sounds like very simple operation, something like what "git-merge -s ours" does.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-merge.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 216d2f4..cc0329d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ git-merge(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-merge - Join two or more development histories together
+
+git-merge - Merge one or more branches to the current branch
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
-- 
2.10.0.1.g57b01a3
Previous: Sergey OrganovNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 27 of 31 in “git-merge: a few documentation improvements”
  1. 0/6 git-merge: a few documentation improvementssorganov@gmail.com, Oct 5, 2016
  2. 2/6 Documentation/git-merge.txt: remove list of options from SYNOPSISsorganov@gmail.com, Oct 5, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2016
  4. Sergey OrganovOct 5, 2016
  5. 3/6 Documentation/git-merge.txt: fix SYNOPSIS of obsolete form to include optionssorganov@gmail.com, Oct 5, 2016
  6. 5/6 Documentation/git-merge.txt: improve short description in DESCRIPTIONsorganov@gmail.com, Oct 5, 2016
  7. Jakub NarębskiOct 5, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2016
  9. Sergey OrganovOct 5, 2016
  10. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2016
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2016
  12. Sergey OrganovOct 5, 2016
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2016
  14. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2016
  15. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2016
  16. Sergey OrganovOct 7, 2016
  17. 1/6 git-merge: clarify "usage" by adding "-m <msg>"sorganov@gmail.com, Oct 5, 2016
  18. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2016
  19. Sergey OrganovOct 5, 2016
  20. 6/6 Documentation/git-merge.txt: get rid of irrelevant references to git-pullsorganov@gmail.com, Oct 5, 2016
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2016
  22. Sergey OrganovOct 5, 2016
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2016
  24. Sergey OrganovOct 6, 2016
  25. Junio C HamanoOct 6, 2016
  26. Sergey OrganovOct 7, 2016
  27. 4/6 Documentation/git-merge.txt: improve short description in NAMEsorganov@gmail.com, Oct 5, 2016
  28. Junio C HamanoOct 5, 2016
  29. Sergey OrganovOct 5, 2016
  30. Jeff KingOct 5, 2016
  31. Sergey OrganovOct 5, 2016

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