author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | |
Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:05:42 +0000 (23:05 -0800) |
* jc/doc-merge-options:
Documentation/merge-options.txt: group "ff" related options together
Documentation/merge-options.txt: group "ff" related options together
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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::