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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index 1f94908..b758d55 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [--[no-]edit] - [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<key-id>]] + [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<keyid>]] + [--[no-]allow-unrelated-histories] [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [<commit>...] 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>... 'git merge' --abort @@ -67,7 +68,9 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] -S[<keyid>]:: --gpg-sign[=<keyid>]:: - GPG-sign the resulting merge commit. + GPG-sign the resulting merge commit. The `keyid` argument is + optional and defaults to the committer identity; if specified, + it must be stuck to the option without a space. -m <msg>:: Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in @@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ will be appended to the specified message. + The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be used to give a good default for automated 'git merge' -invocations. +invocations. The automated message can include the branch description. --[no-]rerere-autoupdate:: Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the @@ -104,6 +107,10 @@ commit or stash your changes before running 'git merge'. If no commit is given from the command line, merge the remote-tracking branches that the current branch is configured to use as its upstream. See also the configuration section of this manual page. ++ +When `FETCH_HEAD` (and no other commit) is specified, the branches +recorded in the `.git/FETCH_HEAD` file by the previous invocation +of `git fetch` for merging are merged to the current branch. PRE-MERGE CHECKS |