From f23e8decd544c8f81b40c98211f6cb028fa70cdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 12:27:05 -0700 Subject: merge: introduce merge.ff configuration variable This variable gives the default setting for --ff, --no-ff or --ff-only options of "git merge" command. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/merge-config.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt index 8920258baa..861bd6f553 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt @@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ merge.defaultToUpstream:: 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). + merge.log:: In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the -- cgit v1.2.3