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authorMatthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>2009-11-22 23:26:17 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-11-22 16:07:27 -0800
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merge-recursive: point the user to commit when file would be overwritten.
The commit-before-pull is well accepted in the DVCS community, but is confusing some new users. This should get them back in the right way when the problem occurs. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
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--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ advice.*::
Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
when writing commit messages. Default: true.
+ commitBeforeMerge::
+ Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
+ merge to avoid overwritting local changes.
+ Default: true.
--
core.fileMode::