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NAME

6       git-merge-file - Run a three-way file merge
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SYNOPSIS

9       git merge-file [-L <current-name> [-L <base-name> [-L <other-name>]]]
10               [--ours|--theirs|--union] [-p|--stdout] [-q|--quiet] [--marker-size=<n>]
11               [--[no-]diff3] <current-file> <base-file> <other-file>
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DESCRIPTION

14       git merge-file incorporates all changes that lead from the <base-file>
15       to <other-file> into <current-file>. The result ordinarily goes into
16       <current-file>. git merge-file is useful for combining separate changes
17       to an original. Suppose <base-file> is the original, and both
18       <current-file> and <other-file> are modifications of <base-file>, then
19       git merge-file combines both changes.
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21       A conflict occurs if both <current-file> and <other-file> have changes
22       in a common segment of lines. If a conflict is found, git merge-file
23       normally outputs a warning and brackets the conflict with lines
24       containing <<<<<<< and >>>>>>> markers. A typical conflict will look
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27           <<<<<<< A
28           lines in file A
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30           lines in file B
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33       If there are conflicts, the user should edit the result and delete one
34       of the alternatives. When --ours, --theirs, or --union option is in
35       effect, however, these conflicts are resolved favouring lines from
36       <current-file>, lines from <other-file>, or lines from both
37       respectively. The length of the conflict markers can be given with the
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40       The exit value of this program is negative on error, and the number of
41       conflicts otherwise (truncated to 127 if there are more than that many
42       conflicts). If the merge was clean, the exit value is 0.
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44       git merge-file is designed to be a minimal clone of RCS merge; that is,
45       it implements all of RCS merge's functionality which is needed by
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OPTIONS

49       -L <label>
50           This option may be given up to three times, and specifies labels to
51           be used in place of the corresponding file names in conflict
52           reports. That is, git merge-file -L x -L y -L z a b c generates
53           output that looks like it came from files x, y and z instead of
54           from files a, b and c.
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57           Send results to standard output instead of overwriting
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61           Quiet; do not warn about conflicts.
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69       --ours, --theirs, --union
70           Instead of leaving conflicts in the file, resolve conflicts
71           favouring our (or their or both) side of the lines.
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EXAMPLES

74       git merge-file README.my README README.upstream
75           combines the changes of README.my and README.upstream since README,
76           tries to merge them and writes the result into README.my.
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78       git merge-file -L a -L b -L c tmp/a123 tmp/b234 tmp/c345
79           merges tmp/a123 and tmp/c345 with the base tmp/b234, but uses
80           labels a and c instead of tmp/a123 and tmp/c345.
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