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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt
index 84cb2edf6d..0b6a8a19b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt
@@ -211,9 +211,15 @@ linkgit:git-commit-tree[1], linkgit:git-write-tree[1],
linkgit:git-update-ref[1], and linkgit:git-mktag[1]. Thus, it can be
used as a part of a series of steps such as:
- NEWTREE=$(git merge-tree --write-tree $BRANCH1 $BRANCH2)
- test $? -eq 0 || die "There were conflicts..."
- NEWCOMMIT=$(git commit-tree $NEWTREE -p $BRANCH1 -p $BRANCH2)
+ vi message.txt
+ BRANCH1=refs/heads/test
+ BRANCH2=main
+ NEWTREE=$(git merge-tree --write-tree $BRANCH1 $BRANCH2) || {
+ echo "There were conflicts..." 1>&2
+ exit 1
+ }
+ NEWCOMMIT=$(git commit-tree $NEWTREE -F message.txt \
+ -p $BRANCH1 -p $BRANCH2)
git update-ref $BRANCH1 $NEWCOMMIT
Note that when the exit status is non-zero, `NEWTREE` in this sequence