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1.7 KiB
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103 lines
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Groff
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.Id $Id: merge.1,v 5.3 1991/02/28 19:18:45 eggert Exp $
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.TH MERGE 1 \*(Dt GNU
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.SH NAME
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merge \- three-way file merge
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B merge
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[
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.B \-L
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.I label1
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[
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.B \-L
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.I label3
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] ] [
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.B \-p
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] [
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.B \-q
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]
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.I "file1 file2 file3"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B merge
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incorporates all changes that lead from
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.I file2
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to
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.I file3
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into
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.IR file1 .
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The result goes to standard output if
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.B \-p
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is present, into
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.I file1
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otherwise.
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.B merge
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is useful for combining separate changes to an original. Suppose
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.I file2
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is the original, and both
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.I file1
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and
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.I file3
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are modifications of
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.IR file2 .
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Then
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.B merge
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combines both changes.
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.PP
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An overlap occurs if both
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.I file1
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and
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.I file3
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have changes in a common segment of lines.
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On a few older hosts where
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.B diff3
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does not support the
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.B \-E
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option,
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.B merge
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does not detect overlaps, and merely supplies the changed lines from
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.I file3.
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On most hosts, if overlaps occur,
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.B merge
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outputs a message (unless the
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.B \-q
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option is given),
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and includes both alternatives
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in the result. The alternatives are delimited as follows:
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.LP
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.RS
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.nf
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.BI <<<<<<< " file1"
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.I "lines in file1"
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.B "======="
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.I "lines in file3"
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.BI >>>>>>> " file3"
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.RE
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.fi
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.LP
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If there are overlaps, the user should edit the result and delete one of the
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alternatives.
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If the
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.BI \-L "\ label1"
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and
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.BI \-L "\ label3"
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options are given, the labels are output in place of the names
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.I file1
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and
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.I file3
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in overlap reports.
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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Exit status is 0 for no overlaps, 1 for some overlaps, 2 for trouble.
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.SH IDENTIFICATION
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Author: Walter F. Tichy.
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.br
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Revision Number: \*(Rv; Release Date: \*(Dt.
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.br
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Copyright \(co 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
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.br
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Copyright \(co 1990, 1991 by Paul Eggert.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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diff3(1), diff(1), rcsmerge(1), co(1).
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