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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ merge.defaultToUpstream::
branches at the remote named by `branch.<current branch>.remote`
are consulted, and then they are mapped via `remote.<remote>.fetch`
to their corresponding remote-tracking branches, and the tips of
- these tracking branches are merged.
+ these tracking branches are merged. Defaults to true.
merge.ff::
By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ merge.verifySignatures::
include::fmt-merge-msg.txt[]
merge.renameLimit::
- The number of files to consider when performing rename detection
- during a merge; if not specified, defaults to the value of
- diff.renameLimit. This setting has no effect if rename detection
- is turned off.
+ The number of files to consider in the exhaustive portion of
+ rename detection during a merge. If not specified, defaults
+ to the value of diff.renameLimit. If neither
+ merge.renameLimit nor diff.renameLimit are specified,
+ currently defaults to 7000. This setting has no effect if
+ rename detection is turned off.
merge.renames::
Whether Git detects renames. If set to "false", rename detection