merge: move doc to ll-merge.h

Move the related documentation from Documentation/technical/api-merge.txt
to ll-merge.h as it's easier for the developers to find the usage
information beside the code instead of looking for it in another doc file.

Only the ll-merge related doc is removed from
documentation/technical/api-merge.txt because this information will be
redundant and it'll be hard to keep it up to date and synchronized with
the documentation in ll-merge.h.

Signed-off-by: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Heba Waly
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committed by Junio C Hamano
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* `struct ll_merge_options`
This describes the set of options the calling program wants to affect
the operation of a low-level (single file) merge. Some options:
`virtual_ancestor`::
Behave as though this were part of a merge between common
ancestors in a recursive merge.
If a helper program is specified by the
`[merge "<driver>"] recursive` configuration, it will
be used (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
`variant`::
Resolve local conflicts automatically in favor
of one side or the other (as in 'git merge-file'
`--ours`/`--theirs`/`--union`). Can be `0`,
`XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_OURS`, `XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_THEIRS`, or
`XDL_MERGE_FAVOR_UNION`.
`renormalize`::
Resmudge and clean the "base", "theirs" and "ours" files
before merging. Use this when the merge is likely to have
overlapped with a change in smudge/clean or end-of-line
normalization rules.
Check ll-merge.h for details.
Low-level (single file) merge
-----------------------------
`ll_merge`::
Perform a three-way single-file merge in core. This is
a thin wrapper around `xdl_merge` that takes the path and
any merge backend specified in `.gitattributes` or
`.git/info/attributes` into account. Returns 0 for a
clean merge.
Calling sequence:
* Prepare a `struct ll_merge_options` to record options.
If you have no special requests, skip this and pass `NULL`
as the `opts` parameter to use the default options.
* Allocate an mmbuffer_t variable for the result.
* Allocate and fill variables with the file's original content
and two modified versions (using `read_mmfile`, for example).
* Call `ll_merge()`.
* Read the merged content from `result_buf.ptr` and `result_buf.size`.
* Release buffers when finished. A simple
`free(ancestor.ptr); free(ours.ptr); free(theirs.ptr);
free(result_buf.ptr);` will do.
If the modifications do not merge cleanly, `ll_merge` will return a
nonzero value and `result_buf` will generally include a description of
the conflict bracketed by markers such as the traditional `<<<<<<<`
and `>>>>>>>`.
The `ancestor_label`, `our_label`, and `their_label` parameters are
used to label the different sides of a conflict if the merge driver
supports this.
Everything else
---------------
Talk about <merge-recursive.h> and merge_file():
- merge_trees() to merge with rename detection
- merge_recursive() for ancestor consolidation
- try_merge_command() for other strategies
- conflict format
- merge options
(Daniel, Miklos, Stephan, JC)
Check ll-merge.h for details.