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| author |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-04-03 08:36:52 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-04-03 08:36:52 -0700 |
| commit | 0311e373b5f26f89ec65f0fbcebeba4fd68f4ad0 (patch) | |
| tree | 24451326bd76faccb43505488f313ceb61359293 | |
| parent | Merge branch 'ap/maint-update-index-h-is-for-help' into maint-1.8.1 (diff) | |
| parent | Documentation: merging a tag is a special case (diff) | |
| download | tgif-0311e373b5f26f89ec65f0fbcebeba4fd68f4ad0.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'yd/doc-merge-annotated-tag' into maint-1.8.1
* yd/doc-merge-annotated-tag:
Documentation: merging a tag is a special case
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-merge.txt | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/merge-options.txt | 3 |
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index d34ea3c50b..7780863398 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -170,6 +170,30 @@ happens: If you tried a merge which resulted in complex conflicts and want to start over, you can recover with `git merge --abort`. +MERGING TAG +----------- + +When merging an annotated (and possibly signed) tag, Git always +creates a merge commit even if a fast-forward merge is possible, and +the commit message template is prepared with the tag message. +Additionally, if the tag is signed, the signature check is reported +as a comment in the message template. See also linkgit:git-tag[1]. + +When you want to just integrate with the work leading to the commit +that happens to be tagged, e.g. synchronizing with an upstream +release point, you may not want to make an unnecessary merge commit. + +In such a case, you can "unwrap" the tag yourself before feeding it +to `git merge`, or pass `--ff-only` when you do not have any work on +your own. e.g. + +--- +git fetch origin +git merge v1.2.3^0 +git merge --ff-only v1.2.3 +--- + + HOW CONFLICTS ARE PRESENTED --------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index 0bcbe0ac3c..34a8445828 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ set to `no` at the beginning of them. --no-ff:: Create a merge commit even when the merge resolves as a - fast-forward. + 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 |