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[PATCH v3 1/4] Documentation/git-merge: explain --continue

From: Michael J Gruber <hidden>
Date: 2017-08-23 12:10:59
Subsystem: documentation, the rest · Maintainers: Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds

Currently, 'git merge --continue' is mentioned but not explained.

Explain it.

Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-merge.txt | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 6b308ab6d0..615e6bacde 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -288,7 +288,10 @@ After seeing a conflict, you can do two things:
 
  * Resolve the conflicts.  Git will mark the conflicts in
    the working tree.  Edit the files into shape and
-   'git add' them to the index.  Use 'git commit' to seal the deal.
+   'git add' them to the index.  Use 'git commit' or
+   'git merge --continue' to seal the deal. The latter command
+   checks whether there is a (interrupted) merge in progress
+   before calling 'git commit'.
 
 You can work through the conflict with a number of tools:
 
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