aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation/git-merge.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2020-04-29 16:15:27 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2020-04-29 16:15:27 -0700
commitbf10200871d9e7e1fc9f54aca9b2fe40bc4e4ac7 (patch)
tree41c8af11bdbfb05d0c13db0e66c3bbddb6702e93 /Documentation/git-merge.txt
parent86ab15cb154862b6fa5cc646dac27532f881e1fb (diff)
parentd9f15d37f1a545305988f6b2bb40de1fbf0049cf (diff)
downloadgit-bf10200871d9e7e1fc9f54aca9b2fe40bc4e4ac7.tar.gz
Merge branch 'dl/merge-autostash'
"git merge" learns the "--autostash" option. * dl/merge-autostash: (22 commits) pull: pass --autostash to merge t5520: make test_pull_autostash() accept expect_parent_num merge: teach --autostash option sequencer: implement apply_autostash_oid() sequencer: implement save_autostash() sequencer: unlink autostash in apply_autostash() sequencer: extract perform_autostash() from rebase rebase: generify create_autostash() rebase: extract create_autostash() reset: extract reset_head() from rebase rebase: generify reset_head() rebase: use apply_autostash() from sequencer.c sequencer: rename stash_sha1 to stash_oid sequencer: make apply_autostash() accept a path rebase: use read_oneliner() sequencer: make read_oneliner() extern sequencer: configurably warn on non-existent files sequencer: make read_oneliner() accept flags sequencer: make file exists check more efficient sequencer: stop leaking buf ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-merge.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 092529c619..ec06b2f8c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ will be appended to the specified message.
--abort::
Abort the current conflict resolution process, and
- try to reconstruct the pre-merge state.
+ try to reconstruct the pre-merge state. If an autostash entry is
+ present, apply it to the worktree.
+
If there were uncommitted worktree changes present when the merge
started, 'git merge --abort' will in some cases be unable to
@@ -102,11 +103,15 @@ reconstruct these changes. It is therefore recommended to always
commit or stash your changes before running 'git merge'.
+
'git merge --abort' is equivalent to 'git reset --merge' when
-`MERGE_HEAD` is present.
+`MERGE_HEAD` is present unless `MERGE_AUTOSTASH` is also present in
+which case 'git merge --abort' applies the stash entry to the worktree
+whereas 'git reset --merge' will save the stashed changes in the stash
+reflog.
--quit::
Forget about the current merge in progress. Leave the index
- and the working tree as-is.
+ and the working tree as-is. If `MERGE_AUTOSTASH` is present, the
+ stash entry will be saved to the stash reflog.
--continue::
After a 'git merge' stops due to conflicts you can conclude the