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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-03-28 14:38:17 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-03-28 14:38:17 -0700
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Merge branch 'yd/doc-merge-annotated-tag'
Document the 1.7.9 feature to merge a signed tag and keep that in the mergetag header in the resulting commit better. * yd/doc-merge-annotated-tag: Documentation: merging a tag is a special case
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If you tried a merge which resulted in complex conflicts and
want to start over, you can recover with `git merge --abort`.
+MERGING TAG
+-----------
+
+When merging an annotated (and possibly signed) tag, Git always
+creates a merge commit even if a fast-forward merge is possible, and
+the commit message template is prepared with the tag message.
+Additionally, if the tag is signed, the signature check is reported
+as a comment in the message template. See also linkgit:git-tag[1].
+
+When you want to just integrate with the work leading to the commit
+that happens to be tagged, e.g. synchronizing with an upstream
+release point, you may not want to make an unnecessary merge commit.
+
+In such a case, you can "unwrap" the tag yourself before feeding it
+to `git merge`, or pass `--ff-only` when you do not have any work on
+your own. e.g.
+
+---
+git fetch origin
+git merge v1.2.3^0
+git merge --ff-only v1.2.3
+---
+
+
HOW CONFLICTS ARE PRESENTED
---------------------------