From: Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:15:19 GMT Subject: [PATCH v2 3/5] git-merge.txt: mention 'ORIG_HEAD' in the Description Message-ID: In-Reply-To: From: Philippe Blain The fact that 'git merge' writes 'ORIG_HEAD' before performing the merge is missing from the documentation of the command. Mention it in the 'Description' section. Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain --- 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 2d6a1391c89..0aeff572a59 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ Then "`git merge topic`" will replay the changes made on the `topic` branch since it diverged from `master` (i.e., `E`) until its current commit (`C`) on top of `master`, and record the result in a new commit along with the names of the two parent commits and -a log message from the user describing the changes. +a log message from the user describing the changes. Before the operation, +`ORIG_HEAD` is set to the tip of the current branch (`C`). ------------ A---B---C topic -- gitgitgadget