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authorJosef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>2006-12-09 02:28:26 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-12-08 18:13:31 -0800
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Add branch.*.merge warning and documentation update
This patch clarifies the meaning of the branch.*.merge option. Previously, if branch.*.merge was specified but did not match any ref, the message "No changes." was not really helpful regarding the misconfiguration. This patch adds a warning for this. Signed-off-by: Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -125,10 +125,17 @@ apply.whitespace::
branch.<name>.remote::
When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
+ If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
branch.<name>.merge::
- When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default remote branch
- to be merged.
+ When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
+ be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
+ a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote
+ given by "branch.<name>.remote".
+ The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
+ `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
+ this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
+ Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
pager.color::
A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in