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authorJonathan Maw <jonathan.maw@codethink.co.uk>2013-09-30 15:08:10 +0100
committerJonathan Maw <jonathan.maw@codethink.co.uk>2013-09-30 15:08:10 +0100
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Merge branch 'baserock/jonathanmaw/S9007/upgrade-git' into baserock/morphbaserock/morph
Reviewed-by: Lars Wirzenius <lars.wirzenius@codethink.co.uk> Reviewed-by: Daniel Silverstone <daniel.silverstone@codethink.co.uk>
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@@ -9,17 +9,35 @@ 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` (or `-e`) 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. This is the default behaviour when merging an
+ annotated (and possibly signed) tag.
+
+--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 +72,6 @@ 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
@@ -72,6 +85,11 @@ option can be used to override --squash.
Pass merge strategy specific option through to the merge
strategy.
+--verify-signatures::
+--no-verify-signatures::
+ Verify that the commits being merged have good and trusted GPG signatures
+ and abort the merge in case they do not.
+
--summary::
--no-summary::
Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be