Merge branch 'sl/customize-sane-tool-path'

[git.git] / Documentation / merge-options.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
index 1a5c12e3171ab82f489bcd53657c8a89741a3dab..0bcbe0ac3c474ab12068f468476946b9db5ef3e8 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
@@ -8,18 +8,34 @@ failed and do not autocommit, to give the user a chance to
 inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing.
 
 --edit::
--e::
-       Invoke editor before committing successful merge to further
-       edit the default merge message.
+--no-edit::
+       Invoke an editor before committing successful mechanical merge to
+       further edit the auto-generated merge message, so that the user
+       can explain and justify the merge. The `--no-edit` option can be
+       used to accept the auto-generated message (this is generally
+       discouraged). The `--edit` option is still useful if you are
+       giving a draft message with the `-m` option from the command line
+       and want to edit it in the editor.
++
+Older scripts may depend on the historical behaviour of not allowing the
+user to edit the merge log message. They will see an editor opened when
+they run `git merge`. To make it easier to adjust such scripts to the
+updated behaviour, the environment variable `GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT` can be
+set to `no` at the beginning of them.
 
 --ff::
+       When the merge resolves as a fast-forward, only update the branch
+       pointer, without creating a merge commit.  This is the default
+       behavior.
+
 --no-ff::
-       Do not generate a merge commit if the merge resolved as
-       a fast-forward, only update the branch pointer. This is
-       the default behavior of git-merge.
-+
-With --no-ff Generate a merge commit even if the merge
-resolved as a fast-forward.
+       Create a merge commit even when the merge resolves as a
+       fast-forward.
+
+--ff-only::
+       Refuse to merge and exit with a non-zero status unless the
+       current `HEAD` is already up-to-date or the merge can be
+       resolved as a fast-forward.
 
 --log[=<n>]::
 --no-log::
@@ -54,11 +70,6 @@ merge.
 With --no-squash perform the merge and commit the result. This
 option can be used to override --squash.
 
---ff-only::
-       Refuse to merge and exit with a non-zero status unless the
-       current `HEAD` is already up-to-date or the merge can be
-       resolved as a fast-forward.
-
 -s <strategy>::
 --strategy=<strategy>::
        Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than