Subject: Re: [PATCH] merge-tree: fix argument type of the `--merge-base` option

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:09:20 -0700

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
writes:

> From: Johannes Schindelin <[email-masked]>
>
> In 5f43cf5b2e4 (merge-tree: accept 3 trees as arguments, 2024-01-28), I
> taught `git merge-tree` to perform three-way merges on trees. This
> commit even changed the manual page to state that the `--merge-base`
> option takes a tree-ish rather than requiring a commit.
>
> But I forgot to adjust the in-program help text. This patch fixes that.

Thanks for being careful---better late than never ;-)

Will queue and fast-track, as I do not see much chance of regression
coming from here.

>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <[email-masked]>
> ---
>     merge-tree: adjust argument type of the --merge-base option
>
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1717%2Fdscho%2Fmerge-tree-document-merge-base-treeish-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1717/dscho/merge-tree-document-merge-base-treeish-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1717
>
>  builtin/merge-tree.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/builtin/merge-tree.c b/builtin/merge-tree.c
> index 3492a575a6c..60eaf0ca9f1 100644
> --- a/builtin/merge-tree.c
> +++ b/builtin/merge-tree.c
> @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ int cmd_merge_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  			   PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
>  		OPT_STRING(0, "merge-base",
>  			   &merge_base,
> -			   N_("commit"),
> +			   N_("tree-ish"),
>  			   N_("specify a merge-base for the merge")),
>  		OPT_STRVEC('X', "strategy-option", &xopts, N_("option=value"),
>  			N_("option for selected merge strategy")),
>
> base-commit: 342990c7aaef5ac645e89101cb84569caf64baf4