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authorDavid Pursehouse <david.pursehouse@sonymobile.com>2013-05-14 17:45:00 +0900
committerDavid Pursehouse <david.pursehouse@sonymobile.com>2013-05-14 17:45:32 +0900
commit17c051d9cd03dc22a83c6c74553e63109ba153c6 (patch)
treeff5d41527212c3e90f10464b5d792d250cf8b561 /Documentation
parent57b44b0cd9491af415097bf195ef695d45bd9786 (diff)
Improve explanation of path conflicts in project config doc
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/project-setup.txt8
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diff --git a/Documentation/project-setup.txt b/Documentation/project-setup.txt
index 244b4b8c10..36d3c60b0c 100644
--- a/Documentation/project-setup.txt
+++ b/Documentation/project-setup.txt
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ then the change is automatically rebased and then the branch is
fast-forwarded to the change.
When Gerrit tries to do a merge, by default the merge will only
-succeed if there is no path conflict. By selecting the checkbox
-`Automatically resolve conflicts` Gerrit will try do a content merge
-if a path conflict occurs.
+succeed if there is no path conflict. A path conflict occurs when
+the same file has also been changed on the other side of the merge.
+
+If `Automatically resolve conflicts` is enabled, Gerrit will try
+to do a content merge when a path conflict occurs.
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