grep.c: remove implicit dependency on the_index

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 4a565a15e4f00f70226e1a4198086b4850ec18ee..eb36837f86e21423e0a543eceb67313eed27d310 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [--[no-]edit]
        [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<keyid>]]
        [--[no-]allow-unrelated-histories]
-       [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [<commit>...]
+       [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [-F <file>] [<commit>...]
 'git merge' --abort
 'git merge' --continue
 
@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 include::merge-options.txt[]
 
--S[<keyid>]::
---gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
-       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
        case one is created).
@@ -81,6 +75,14 @@ The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
 used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
 invocations. The automated message can include the branch description.
 
+-F <file>::
+--file=<file>::
+       Read the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
+       case one is created).
++
+If `--log` is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged
+will be appended to the specified message.
+
 --[no-]rerere-autoupdate::
        Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
        result of auto-conflict resolution if possible.
@@ -128,12 +130,12 @@ merge' may need to update.
 
 To avoid recording unrelated changes in the merge commit,
 'git pull' and 'git merge' will also abort if there are any changes
-registered in the index relative to the `HEAD` commit.  (One
-exception is when the changed index entries are in the state that
-would result from the merge already.)
+registered in the index relative to the `HEAD` commit.  (Special
+narrow exceptions to this rule may exist depending on which merge
+strategy is in use, but generally, the index must match HEAD.)
 
 If all named commits are already ancestors of `HEAD`, 'git merge'
-will exit early with the message "Already up-to-date."
+will exit early with the message "Already up to date."
 
 FAST-FORWARD MERGE
 ------------------
@@ -280,7 +282,10 @@ After seeing a conflict, you can do two things:
 
  * Resolve the conflicts.  Git will mark the conflicts in
    the working tree.  Edit the files into shape and
-   'git add' them to the index.  Use 'git commit' to seal the deal.
+   'git add' them to the index.  Use 'git commit' or
+   'git merge --continue' to seal the deal. The latter command
+   checks whether there is a (interrupted) merge in progress
+   before calling 'git commit'.
 
 You can work through the conflict with a number of tools: