cherry-pick: Suggest a better method to retain authorship

diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index 7b590268edb44cc5455fe9bdbcbfc0698a6fb800..4afcd95316c01e5d1811184c615c4da574ab0717 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ USAGE='[-n] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>] [-m=<merge-message>] <commi
 
 SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Yes
 . git-sh-setup
-set_reflog_action "merge $*"
 require_work_tree
 cd_to_toplevel
 
@@ -217,6 +216,7 @@ head=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$head_arg"^0) || usage
 
 # All the rest are remote heads
 test "$#" = 0 && usage ;# we need at least one remote head.
+set_reflog_action "merge $*"
 
 remoteheads=
 for remote
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ case "$use_strategies" in
 '')
        case "$#" in
        1)
-               var="`git-repo-config --get pull.twohead`"
+               var="`git-config --get pull.twohead`"
                if test -n "$var"
                then
                        use_strategies="$var"
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ case "$use_strategies" in
                        use_strategies="$default_twohead_strategies"
                fi ;;
        *)
-               var="`git-repo-config --get pull.octopus`"
+               var="`git-config --get pull.octopus`"
                if test -n "$var"
                then
                        use_strategies="$var"
@@ -254,12 +254,15 @@ esac
 
 for s in $use_strategies
 do
-       case " $s " in
-       *" $no_trivial_merge_strategies "*)
-               index_merge=f
-               break
-               ;;
-       esac
+       for nt in $no_trivial_merge_strategies
+       do
+               case " $s " in
+               *" $nt "*)
+                       index_merge=f
+                       break
+                       ;;
+               esac
+       done
 done
 
 case "$#" in
@@ -291,7 +294,7 @@ f,*)
        git-update-index --refresh 2>/dev/null
        new_head=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$1^0") &&
        git-read-tree -v -m -u --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $head "$new_head" &&
-       finish "$new_head" "Fast forward"
+       finish "$new_head" "Fast forward" || exit
        dropsave
        exit 0
        ;;