user-manual: more detailed merge discussion
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1 #!/bin/sh
3 # Copyright (c) Linus Torvalds, 2005
5 # This is the git per-file merge script, called with
7 # $1 - original file SHA1 (or empty)
8 # $2 - file in branch1 SHA1 (or empty)
9 # $3 - file in branch2 SHA1 (or empty)
10 # $4 - pathname in repository
11 # $5 - original file mode (or empty)
12 # $6 - file in branch1 mode (or empty)
13 # $7 - file in branch2 mode (or empty)
15 # Handle some trivial cases.. The _really_ trivial cases have
16 # been handled already by git-read-tree, but that one doesn't
17 # do any merges that might change the tree layout.
19 case "${1:-.}${2:-.}${3:-.}" in
21 # Deleted in both or deleted in one and unchanged in the other
23 "$1.." | "$1.$1" | "$1$1.")
24 if [ "$2" ]; then
25 echo "Removing $4"
26 else
27 # read-tree checked that index matches HEAD already,
28 # so we know we do not have this path tracked.
29 # there may be an unrelated working tree file here,
30 # which we should just leave unmolested.
31 exit 0
33 if test -f "$4"; then
34 rm -f -- "$4" &&
35 rmdir -p "$(expr "z$4" : 'z\(.*\)/')" 2>/dev/null || :
36 fi &&
37 exec git-update-index --remove -- "$4"
41 # Added in one.
43 ".$2.")
44 # the other side did not add and we added so there is nothing
45 # to be done.
47 "..$3")
48 echo "Adding $4"
49 test -f "$4" || {
50 echo "ERROR: untracked $4 is overwritten by the merge."
51 exit 1
53 git-update-index --add --cacheinfo "$6$7" "$2$3" "$4" &&
54 exec git-checkout-index -u -f -- "$4"
58 # Added in both, identically (check for same permissions).
60 ".$3$2")
61 if [ "$6" != "$7" ]; then
62 echo "ERROR: File $4 added identically in both branches,"
63 echo "ERROR: but permissions conflict $6->$7."
64 exit 1
66 echo "Adding $4"
67 git-update-index --add --cacheinfo "$6" "$2" "$4" &&
68 exec git-checkout-index -u -f -- "$4"
72 # Modified in both, but differently.
74 "$1$2$3" | ".$2$3")
76 case ",$6,$7," in
77 *,120000,*)
78 echo "ERROR: $4: Not merging symbolic link changes."
79 exit 1
81 esac
83 src2=`git-unpack-file $3`
84 case "$1" in
85 '')
86 echo "Added $4 in both, but differently."
87 # This extracts OUR file in $orig, and uses git-apply to
88 # remove lines that are unique to ours.
89 orig=`git-unpack-file $2`
90 sz0=`wc -c <"$orig"`
91 diff -u -La/$orig -Lb/$orig $orig $src2 | git-apply --no-add
92 sz1=`wc -c <"$orig"`
94 # If we do not have enough common material, it is not
95 # worth trying two-file merge using common subsections.
96 expr "$sz0" \< "$sz1" \* 2 >/dev/null || : >$orig
99 echo "Auto-merging $4"
100 orig=`git-unpack-file $1`
102 esac
104 # Be careful for funny filename such as "-L" in "$4", which
105 # would confuse "merge" greatly.
106 src1=`git-unpack-file $2`
107 git-merge-file "$src1" "$orig" "$src2"
108 ret=$?
110 # Create the working tree file, using "our tree" version from the
111 # index, and then store the result of the merge.
112 git-checkout-index -f --stage=2 -- "$4" && cat "$src1" >"$4"
113 rm -f -- "$orig" "$src1" "$src2"
115 if [ "$6" != "$7" ]; then
116 echo "ERROR: Permissions conflict: $5->$6,$7."
117 ret=1
119 if [ "$1" = '' ]; then
120 ret=1
123 if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
124 echo "ERROR: Merge conflict in $4"
125 exit 1
127 exec git-update-index -- "$4"
131 echo "ERROR: $4: Not handling case $1 -> $2 -> $3"
133 esac
134 exit 1