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diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index 5afc99f650..0bcbe0ac3c 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -9,18 +9,19 @@ inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing. --edit:: --no-edit:: - Invoke editor before committing successful merge to further - edit the default merge message. The `--no-edit` option can be + Invoke an editor before committing successful mechanical merge to + 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) when merging an annotated tag, in which case - `git merge` automatically spawns the editor so that the result - of the GPG verification of the tag can be seen. + discouraged). The `--edit` 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. + 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 -they run `git merge` to merge an annotated tag. To make it easier to adjust -such scripts to the updated behaviour, the environment variable -`GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT` can be set to `no` at the beginning of them. +they run `git merge`. To make it easier to adjust such scripts to the +updated behaviour, the environment variable `GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT` can be +set to `no` at the beginning of them. --ff:: When the merge resolves as a fast-forward, only update the branch |