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MERGE(1)							      MERGE(1)

NAME
       merge - three-way file merge

SYNOPSIS
       merge [ -L label1 [ -L label3 ] ] [ -p ] [ -q ] file1 file2 file3

DESCRIPTION
       merge  incorporates  all	 changes  that	lead  from file2 to file3 into
       file1.  The result goes to standard output if -p is present, into file1
       otherwise.  merge is useful for combining separate changes to an origi‐
       nal.  Suppose file2 is the original, and both file1 and file3 are modi‐
       fications of file2.  Then merge combines both changes.

       An overlap occurs if both file1 and file3 have changes in a common seg‐
       ment of lines.  On a few older hosts where diff3 does not  support  the
       -E  option,  merge  does	 not  detect overlaps, and merely supplies the
       changed lines from file3.  On most hosts, if overlaps occur, merge out‐
       puts  a	message	 (unless  the  -q  option is given), and includes both
       alternatives in the result.  The alternatives are delimited as follows:

	      <<<<<<< file1
	      lines in file1
	      =======
	      lines in file3
	      >>>>>>> file3

       If there are overlaps, the user should edit the result and  delete  one
       of the alternatives.  If the -L label1 and -L label3 options are given,
       the labels are output in place of the names file1 and file3 in  overlap
       reports.

DIAGNOSTICS
       Exit status is 0 for no overlaps, 1 for some overlaps, 2 for trouble.

IDENTIFICATION
       Author: Walter F. Tichy.
       Revision Number: 5.3; Release Date: 1991/02/28.
       Copyright © 1982, 1988, 1989 by Walter F. Tichy.
       Copyright © 1990, 1991 by Paul Eggert.

SEE ALSO
       diff3(1), diff(1), rcsmerge(1), co(1).

GNU				  1991/02/28			      MERGE(1)
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