do not write null sha1s to on-disk index

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
index 75adf7a502e18aa11e7a8424acf217b4bf6be64c..3a0f55ec8e273545af3a92a9b886511ac79ba73c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ OPTIONS
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 
+merge.branchdesc::
+       In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
+       the branch description text associated with them.  Defaults
+       to false.
+
 merge.log::
        In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at
        most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the
@@ -67,15 +72,6 @@ SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-merge[1]
 
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite