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Documentation/git-merge: document subtree strategy.

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There was already some documentation about subtree under
Documentation/howto but it was missing from git-merge manpage.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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merge is always the current branch head. It is meant to merge is always the current branch head. It is meant to
be used to supersede old development history of side be used to supersede old development history of side
branches. branches.
subtree::
This is a modified recursive strategy. When merging trees A and
B, if B corresponds to a subtree of A, B is first adjusted to
match the tree structure of A, instead of reading the trees at
the same level. This adjustment is also done to the common
ancestor tree.