The 'git merge' command is generally not used to tie completely
independent projects together (though it can be used to do that)
but to reconcile branches of development that may have diverged.
Try to make this clearer in its one-line description.
Cc: Petr Baudis <redacted>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <redacted>
Cc: Thomas Rast <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <redacted>
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I am not sure this is an improvement at all. Mostly I wanted to
convey the idea of code forks being reconciled, but the resulting
phrase is not nearly as nice.
Documentation/git-merge.txt | 3 +--
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index e886c2e..394ad0a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ git-merge(1)
NAME
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-git-merge - Join two or more development histories together
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+git-merge - Re-join diverging branches of development
SYNOPSIS
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