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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/merge.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-merge.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pull.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/merge-options.txt | 8 |
4 files changed, 26 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/merge.txt b/Documentation/config/merge.txt index 6a313937f8..cb2ed58907 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/merge.txt @@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ merge.stat:: Whether to print the diffstat between ORIG_HEAD and the merge result at the end of the merge. True by default. +merge.autoStash:: + When set to true, automatically create a temporary stash entry + before the operation begins, and apply it after the operation + ends. This means that you can run merge on a dirty worktree. + However, use with care: the final stash application after a + successful merge might result in non-trivial conflicts. + This option can be overridden by the `--no-autostash` and + `--autostash` options of linkgit:git-merge[1]. + Defaults to false. + merge.tool:: Controls which merge tool is used by linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. The list below shows the valid built-in values. diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt index 092529c619..ec06b2f8c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ will be appended to the specified message. --abort:: Abort the current conflict resolution process, and - try to reconstruct the pre-merge state. + try to reconstruct the pre-merge state. If an autostash entry is + present, apply it to the worktree. + If there were uncommitted worktree changes present when the merge started, 'git merge --abort' will in some cases be unable to @@ -102,11 +103,15 @@ reconstruct these changes. It is therefore recommended to always commit or stash your changes before running 'git merge'. + 'git merge --abort' is equivalent to 'git reset --merge' when -`MERGE_HEAD` is present. +`MERGE_HEAD` is present unless `MERGE_AUTOSTASH` is also present in +which case 'git merge --abort' applies the stash entry to the worktree +whereas 'git reset --merge' will save the stashed changes in the stash +reflog. --quit:: Forget about the current merge in progress. Leave the index - and the working tree as-is. + and the working tree as-is. If `MERGE_AUTOSTASH` is present, the + stash entry will be saved to the stash reflog. --continue:: After a 'git merge' stops due to conflicts you can conclude the diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 9c7ab2d48f..5c3fb67c01 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -134,15 +134,6 @@ unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully. --no-rebase:: Override earlier --rebase. ---autostash:: ---no-autostash:: - Before starting rebase, stash local modifications away (see - linkgit:git-stash[1]) if needed, and apply the stash entry when - done. `--no-autostash` is useful to override the `rebase.autoStash` - configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). -+ -This option is only valid when "--rebase" is used. - Options related to fetching ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt index fb3a6e8d42..80d4831662 100644 --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt @@ -160,6 +160,14 @@ ifndef::git-pull[] endif::git-pull[] +--autostash:: +--no-autostash:: + Automatically create a temporary stash entry before the operation + begins, and apply it after the operation ends. This means + that you can run the operation on a dirty worktree. However, use + with care: the final stash application after a successful + merge might result in non-trivial conflicts. + --allow-unrelated-histories:: By default, `git merge` command refuses to merge histories that do not share a common ancestor. This option can be |