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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt4
-rw-r--r--advice.c2
-rw-r--r--advice.h1
-rw-r--r--merge-recursive.c8
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index cd1781498..0b550dc49 100644
--- 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::
diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index ae4b1e81d..cb666acc3 100644
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
int advice_push_nonfastforward = 1;
int advice_status_hints = 1;
+int advice_commit_before_merge = 1;
static struct {
const char *name;
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ static struct {
} advice_config[] = {
{ "pushnonfastforward", &advice_push_nonfastforward },
{ "statushints", &advice_status_hints },
+ { "commitbeforemerge", &advice_commit_before_merge },
};
int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value)
diff --git a/advice.h b/advice.h
index e9df8e026..3de5000d8 100644
--- a/advice.h
+++ b/advice.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
extern int advice_push_nonfastforward;
extern int advice_status_hints;
+extern int advice_commit_before_merge;
int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value);
diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index f55b7ebe1..1870448d9 100644
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
* Fredrik Kuivinen.
* The thieves were Alex Riesen and Johannes Schindelin, in June/July 2006
*/
+#include "advice.h"
#include "cache.h"
#include "cache-tree.h"
#include "commit.h"
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ static int git_merge_trees(int index_only,
int rc;
struct tree_desc t[3];
struct unpack_trees_options opts;
- static const struct unpack_trees_error_msgs msgs = {
+ struct unpack_trees_error_msgs msgs = {
/* would_overwrite */
"Your local changes to '%s' would be overwritten by merge. Aborting.",
/* not_uptodate_file */
@@ -182,6 +183,11 @@ static int git_merge_trees(int index_only,
/* bind_overlap -- will not happen here */
NULL,
};
+ if (advice_commit_before_merge) {
+ msgs.would_overwrite = msgs.not_uptodate_file =
+ "Your local changes to '%s' would be overwritten by merge. Aborting.\n"
+ "Please, commit your changes or stash them before you can merge.";
+ }
memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
if (index_only)