a `>>>>>>>` marker. An alternate style, "diff3", adds a `|||||||`
marker and the original text before the `=======` marker.
+merge.defaultToUpstream::
+ If merge is called without any commit argument, merge the upstream
+ branches configured for the current branch by using their last
+ observed values stored in their remote-tracking branches.
+ The values of the `branch.<current branch>.merge` that name the
+ branches at the remote named by `branch.<current branch>.remote`
+ are consulted, and then they are mapped via `remote.<remote>.fetch`
+ to their corresponding remote-tracking branches, and the tips of
+ these tracking branches are merged.
+
+merge.ff::
+ By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
+ a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
+ tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
+ this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
+ a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
+ line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
+ allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
+ command line).
+
merge.log::
In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at
most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the
diff.renameLimit.
merge.renormalize::
- Tell git that canonical representation of files in the
+ Tell Git that canonical representation of files in the
repository has changed over time (e.g. earlier commits record
text files with CRLF line endings, but recent ones use LF line
- endings). In such a repository, git can convert the data
+ endings). In such a repository, Git can convert the data
recorded in commits to a canonical form before performing a
merge to reduce unnecessary conflicts. For more information,
see section "Merging branches with differing checkin/checkout
at the end of the merge. True by default.
merge.tool::
- Controls which merge resolution program is used by
- linkgit:git-mergetool[1]. Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3",
- "tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff",
- "diffuse", "ecmerge", "tortoisemerge", "p4merge", "araxis" and
- "opendiff". Any other value is treated is custom merge tool
- and there must be a corresponding mergetool.<tool>.cmd option.
+ Controls which merge tool is used by linkgit:git-mergetool[1].
+ The list below shows the valid built-in values.
+ Any other value is treated as a custom merge tool and requires
+ that a corresponding mergetool.<tool>.cmd variable is defined.
+
+include::mergetools-merge.txt[]
merge.verbosity::
Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge