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diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt index 1ff08ff2cc..df3ea3779b 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -merge.conflictstyle:: +merge.conflictStyle:: Specify the style in which conflicted hunks are written out to working tree files upon merge. The default is "merge", which shows a `<<<<<<<` conflict marker, changes made by one side, @@ -6,25 +6,54 @@ merge.conflictstyle:: a `>>>>>>>` marker. An alternate style, "diff3", adds a `|||||||` marker and the original text before the `=======` marker. -merge.log:: - Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created - merge commit messages. False by default. +merge.defaultToUpstream:: + If merge is called without any commit argument, merge the upstream + branches configured for the current branch by using their last + observed values stored in their remote-tracking branches. + The values of the `branch.<current branch>.merge` that name the + 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. + +merge.ff:: + By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging + a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the + tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`, + this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such + a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command + line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are + allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the + command line). + +include::fmt-merge-msg-config.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. +merge.renormalize:: + Tell Git that canonical representation of files in the + repository has changed over time (e.g. earlier commits record + text files with CRLF line endings, but recent ones use LF line + endings). In such a repository, Git can convert the data + recorded in commits to a canonical form before performing a + merge to reduce unnecessary conflicts. For more information, + see section "Merging branches with differing checkin/checkout + attributes" in linkgit:gitattributes[5]. + merge.stat:: Whether to print the diffstat between ORIG_HEAD and the merge result at the end of the merge. True by default. merge.tool:: - Controls which merge resolution program is used by - linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3", - "tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and - "opendiff". Any other value is treated is custom merge tool - and there must be a corresponding mergetool.<tool>.cmd option. + Controls which merge tool is used by linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. + The list below shows the valid built-in values. + Any other value is treated as a custom merge tool and requires + that a corresponding mergetool.<tool>.cmd variable is defined. + +include::mergetools-merge.txt[] merge.verbosity:: Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge @@ -32,7 +61,7 @@ merge.verbosity:: message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2. - Can be overridden by the 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable. + Can be overridden by the `GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY` environment variable. merge.<driver>.name:: Defines a human-readable name for a custom low-level |