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git-merge(1): document diff-algorithm option to merge-recursive

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Commit 07924d4 (diff: Introduce --diff-algorithm command line option
2013-01-16) added diff-algorithm as a parameter to the recursive merge
strategy but did not document it.  Do so.

Signed-off-by: John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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John Keeping 2013-04-05 12:37:30 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/merge-strategies.txt
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@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ patience;;
this when the branches to be merged have diverged wildly.
See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--patience`.
diff-algorithm=[patience|minimal|histogram|myers];;
Tells 'merge-recursive' to use a different diff algorithm, which
can help avoid mismerges that occur due to unimportant matching
lines (such as braces from distinct functions). See also
linkgit:git-diff[1] `--diff-algorithm`.
ignore-space-change;;
ignore-all-space;;
ignore-space-at-eol;;