# below were not inside any function, and expected to return
# to the function that dot-sourced us.
#
-# However, FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehaves on such a construct and
-# continues to run the statements that follow such a "return".
+# However, older (9.x) versions of FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehave on such a
+# construct and continue to run the statements that follow such a "return".
# As a work-around, we introduce an extra layer of a function
# here, and immediately call it after defining it.
git_rebase__merge () {