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diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index 2bd92c4741..5afc99f650 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -8,9 +8,19 @@ failed and do not autocommit, to give the user a chance to inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing. --edit:: --e:: +--no-edit:: Invoke editor before committing successful merge to further - edit the default merge message. + edit the default merge message. 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. ++ +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. --ff:: When the merge resolves as a fast-forward, only update the branch |