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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt5
-rw-r--r--builtin/merge.c2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index a3c1fa332a..cf2c374b71 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -101,9 +101,8 @@ commit or stash your changes before running 'git merge'.
Specifying more than one commit will create a merge with
more than two parents (affectionately called an Octopus merge).
+
-If no commit is given from the command line, and if `merge.defaultToUpstream`
-configuration variable is set, merge the remote-tracking branches
-that the current branch is configured to use as its upstream.
+If no commit is given from the command line, merge the remote-tracking
+branches that the current branch is configured to use as its upstream.
See also the configuration section of this manual page.
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index 7c9d8f2432..428ca247bd 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static int verbosity;
static int allow_rerere_auto;
static int abort_current_merge;
static int show_progress = -1;
-static int default_to_upstream;
+static int default_to_upstream = 1;
static const char *sign_commit;
static struct strategy all_strategy[] = {