1 .TH MERGE 1L "" "Purdue University"
3 merge \- three-way file merge
5 \fBmerge\fR [ \fB-p\fR ] file1 file2 file3
8 incorporates all changes that lead form \fIfile2\fR to \fIfile3\fR into
9 \fIfile1\fR. The result goes to std. output if \fB-p\fR is present, into
10 \fIfile1\fR otherwise. \fIMerge\fR is useful for combining separate changes
11 to an original. Suppose \fIfile2\fR is the original, and both \fIfile1\fR
12 and \fIfile3\fR are modifications of \fIfile2\fR. Then \fImerge\fR
13 combines both changes.
15 An overlap occurs if both \fIfile1\fR and \fIfile3\fR
16 have changes in a common segment of lines.
17 \fIMerge\fR prints how many overlaps occurred, and includes both alternatives
18 in the result. The alternatives are delimited as follows:
28 If there are overlaps, the user should edit the result and delete one of the
34 Author: Walter F. Tichy,
35 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907.
40 .VL $Date: 1993/03/21 09:58:04 $
43 Copyright \(co 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
45 diff3 (1), diff (1), rcsmerge (1L), co (1L).