Merge branch 'maint-1.7.8' into maint

[git.git] / builtin / merge.c

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 3a451727d0e637ae197c9a1193435e57e84e6c58..8018a144688541b6ea178e96fe83206209a2902c 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_merge_usage[] = {
 
 static int show_diffstat = 1, shortlog_len = -1, squash;
 static int option_commit = 1, allow_fast_forward = 1;
-static int fast_forward_only, option_edit;
+static int fast_forward_only, option_edit = -1;
 static int allow_trivial = 1, have_message;
 static int overwrite_ignore = 1;
 static struct strbuf merge_msg = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static struct option builtin_merge_options[] = {
                "create a single commit instead of doing a merge"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "commit", &option_commit,
                "perform a commit if the merge succeeds (default)"),
-       OPT_BOOLEAN('e', "edit", &option_edit,
+       OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &option_edit,
                "edit message before committing"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ff", &allow_fast_forward,
                "allow fast-forward (default)"),
@@ -885,11 +885,21 @@ static void abort_commit(const char *err_msg)
        exit(1);
 }
 
+static const char merge_editor_comment[] =
+N_("Please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary,\n"
+   "especially if it merges an updated upstream into a topic branch.\n"
+   "\n"
+   "Lines starting with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts\n"
+   "the commit.\n");
+
 static void prepare_to_commit(void)
 {
        struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
+       const char *comment = _(merge_editor_comment);
        strbuf_addbuf(&msg, &merge_msg);
        strbuf_addch(&msg, '\n');
+       if (0 < option_edit)
+               strbuf_add_lines(&msg, "# ", comment, strlen(comment));
        write_merge_msg(&msg);
        run_hook(get_index_file(), "prepare-commit-msg",
                 git_path("MERGE_MSG"), "merge", NULL, NULL);
@@ -1283,14 +1293,19 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                            sha1_to_hex(commit->object.sha1));
                setenv(buf.buf, argv[i], 1);
                strbuf_reset(&buf);
-               if (merge_remote_util(commit) &&
+               if (!fast_forward_only &&
+                   merge_remote_util(commit) &&
                    merge_remote_util(commit)->obj &&
                    merge_remote_util(commit)->obj->type == OBJ_TAG) {
-                       option_edit = 1;
+                       if (option_edit < 0)
+                               option_edit = 1;
                        allow_fast_forward = 0;
                }
        }
 
+       if (option_edit < 0)
+               option_edit = 0;
+
        if (!use_strategies) {
                if (!remoteheads->next)
                        add_strategies(pull_twohead, DEFAULT_TWOHEAD);