Subject: [PATCH] docs: correct mistakes in git-merge

From: "Timur Sultanaev via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2025 17:39:18 +0000

From: Timur Sultanaev <[email-masked]>

Documentation for git-merge incorrectly notes that
tip of the current branch on ascii diagram is C
, while it is actually G (current branch is
master, HEAD on diagram is G).

Additionally diagrams on the page are adjusted
to use spaces instead of tabs, so that they align
regardless of tab size. This is in line with
diagrams on other git documentation pages.

Signed-off-by: Timur Sultanaev <[email-masked]>
---
    Correct mistakes in git-merge documentation

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1940%2Fstrowk%2Fmaster-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1940/strowk/master-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1940

 Documentation/git-merge.adoc | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.adoc b/Documentation/git-merge.adoc
index d53923c3b73..a055384ad69 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.adoc
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Assume the following history exists and the current branch is
 `master`:
 
 ------------
-	  A---B---C topic
-	 /
+          A---B---C topic
+         /
     D---E---F---G master
 ------------
 
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ Then `git merge topic` will replay the changes made on the
 its current commit (`C`) on top of `master`, and record the result
 in a new commit along with the names of the two parent commits and
 a log message from the user describing the changes. Before the operation,
-`ORIG_HEAD` is set to the tip of the current branch (`C`).
+`ORIG_HEAD` is set to the tip of the current branch (`G`).
 
 ------------
-	  A---B---C topic
-	 /         \
+          A---B---C topic
+         /         \
     D---E---F---G---H master
 ------------

base-commit: 8b6f19ccfc3aefbd0f22f6b7d56ad6a3fc5e4f37
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