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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-10-03 03:05:58 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-10-03 03:05:58 -0700
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Merge branch 'lh/merge'
* lh/merge: git-merge: add --ff and --no-ff options git-merge: add support for --commit and --no-squash git-merge: add support for branch.<name>.mergeoptions git-merge: refactor option parsing git-merge: fix faulty SQUASH_MSG Add test-script for git-merge porcelain
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/merge-options.txt17
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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index eebb0b6ba..971fd9f16 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -337,6 +337,12 @@ branch.<name>.merge::
branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting
`.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote.
+branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
+ Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
+ supported options are equal to that of gitlink:git-merge[1], but
+ option values containing whitespace characters are currently not
+ supported.
+
clean.requireForce::
A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f or -n. Defaults
to false.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index eae49c487..bca4212e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ merge.verbosity::
above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2.
Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
+ Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
+ supported options are equal to that of git-merge, but option values
+ containing whitespace characters are currently not supported.
HOW MERGE WORKS
---------------
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
index d64c259bb..9f1fc8255 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
not autocommit, to give the user a chance to inspect and
further tweak the merge result before committing.
+--commit::
+ Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can
+ be used to override --no-commit.
+
--squash::
Produce the working tree and index state as if a real
merge happened, but do not actually make a commit or
@@ -19,6 +23,19 @@
top of the current branch whose effect is the same as
merging another branch (or more in case of an octopus).
+--no-squash::
+ Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can
+ be used to override --squash.
+
+--no-ff::
+ Generate a merge commit even if the merge resolved as a
+ fast-forward.
+
+--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.
+
-s <strategy>, \--strategy=<strategy>::
Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
once to specify them in the order they should be tried.