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merge-strategies.txt: avoid giving special preference to patience algorithm

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We already have diff-algorithm that explains why there are special diff
algorithms, so we do not need to re-explain patience.  patience exists
as its own toplevel option for historical reasons, but there's no reason
to give it special preference or document it again and suggest it's more
important than other diff algorithms, so just refer to it as a
deprecated shorthand for `diff-algorithm=patience`.

Acked-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Elijah Newren 2021-08-04 23:50:50 +00:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ theirs;;
no 'theirs' merge strategy to confuse this merge option with.
patience;;
With this option, 'merge-recursive' spends a little extra time
to avoid mismerges that sometimes occur due to unimportant
matching lines (e.g., braces from distinct functions). Use
this when the branches to be merged have diverged wildly.
See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--patience`.
Deprecated synonym for `diff-algorithm=patience`.
diff-algorithm=[patience|minimal|histogram|myers];;
Use a different diff algorithm while merging, which can help