6 git-merge-file - Run a three-way file merge
12 'git-merge-file' [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]]
13 [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file>
18 git-file-merge incorporates all changes that lead from the `<base-file>`
19 to `<other-file>` into `<current-file>`. The result ordinarily goes into
20 `<current-file>`. git-merge-file is useful for combining separate changes
21 to an original. Suppose `<base-file>` is the original, and both
22 `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` are modifications of `<base-file>`.
23 Then git-merge-file combines both changes.
25 A conflict occurs if both `<current-file>` and `<other-file>` have changes
26 in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, git-merge-file
27 normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with <<<<<<< and
28 >>>>>>> lines. A typical conflict will look like this:
36 If there are conflicts, the user should edit the result and delete one of
39 The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of
40 conflicts otherwise. If the merge was clean, the exit value is 0.
42 git-merge-file is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS merge, that is, it
43 implements all of RCS merge's functionality which is needed by
51 This option may be given up to three times, and
52 specifies labels to be used in place of the
53 corresponding file names in conflict reports. That is,
54 `git-merge-file -L x -L y -L z a b c` generates output that
55 looks like it came from files x, y and z instead of
56 from files a, b and c.
59 Send results to standard output instead of overwriting
63 Quiet; do not warn about conflicts.
69 git merge-file README.my README README.upstream::
71 combines the changes of README.my and README.upstream since README,
72 tries to merge them and writes the result into README.my.
74 git merge-file -L a -L b -L c tmp/a123 tmp/b234 tmp/c345::
76 merges tmp/a123 and tmp/c345 with the base tmp/b234, but uses labels
77 `a` and `c` instead of `tmp/a123` and `tmp/c345`.
82 Written by Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
87 Documentation by Johannes Schindelin and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>,
88 with parts copied from the original documentation of RCS merge.
92 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite