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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-02-05 14:03:47 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-02-05 14:03:47 -0800
commit01a5774571d9dcc545d81d5f6d9781df9591c4cf (patch)
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parentMerge branch 'ow/stash-with-ifs' into maint (diff)
parentDocumentation: "git pull" does not have the "-m" option (diff)
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Merge branch 'jc/maint-pull-docfix' into maint
The documentation to "git pull" hinted there is an "-m" option because it incorrectly shared the documentation with "git merge". * jc/maint-pull-docfix: Documentation: "git pull" does not have the "-m" option Documentation: exclude irrelevant options from "git pull"
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@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing.
further edit the auto-generated merge message, so that the user
can explain and justify the merge. The `--no-edit` option can be
used to accept the auto-generated message (this is generally
- discouraged). The `--edit` (or `-e`) option is still useful if you are
- giving a draft message with the `-m` option from the command line
- and want to edit it in the editor.
+ discouraged).
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+The `--edit` (or `-e`) option is still useful if you are
+giving a draft message with the `-m` option from the command line
+and want to edit it in the editor.
+endif::git-pull[]
+
Older scripts may depend on the historical behaviour of not allowing the
user to edit the merge log message. They will see an editor opened when