Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:
The work tree is overwritten by the result of the
merge when this combining is done cleanly, and the result is
committed. Otherwise it is
overwritten by a half-merged results when this combining results
I thought of something like this, but this is slightly incorrect in
case of fast-forward (Git doesn't "commit", but "reuses" a commit), so
I prefered making a separate paragraph.
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Matthieu Moy
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