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@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ For clarity's sake all examples in this document use a customized bash prompt in
       - [Safe merging strategy](#safe-merging-strategy)
       - [I need to merge a branch into a single commit](#i-need-to-merge-a-branch-into-a-single-commit)
       - [I want to combine only unpushed commits](#i-want-to-combine-only-unpushed-commits)
+      - [I need to abort the merge](#i-need-to-abort-the-merge)
     - [Check if all commits on a branch are merged](#check-if-all-commits-on-a-branch-are-merged)
     - [Possible issues with interactive rebases](#possible-issues-with-interactive-rebases)
       - [The rebase editing screen says 'noop'](#the-rebase-editing-screen-says-noop)
@@ -853,6 +854,16 @@ Sometimes you have several work in progress commits that you want to combine bef
 
 This will do an interactive rebase that lists only the commits that you haven't already pushed, so it will be safe to reorder/fix/squash anything in the list.
 
+#### I need to abort the merge
+
+Sometimes the merge can produce problems in certain files, in those cases we can use the option `abort` to abort the current conflict resolution process, and try to reconstruct the pre-merge state.
+
+```sh
+(my-branch)$ git merge --abort
+```
+
+This command is available since git version >= 1.7.4
+
 <a name="check-if-all-commits-on-a-branch-are-merged"></a>
 ### Check if all commits on a branch are merged