would want to start over, you can recover with
gitlink:git-reset[1].
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+merge.summary::
+ Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly
+ created merge commit. False by default.
+
+merge.verbosity::
+ Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
+ strategy. Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
+ message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
+ conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and
+ above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2.
+ Can be overriden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+
HOW MERGE WORKS
---------------
When things cleanly merge, these things happen:
-1. the results are updated both in the index file and in your
- working tree,
-2. index file is written out as a tree,
-3. the tree gets committed, and
-4. the `HEAD` pointer gets advanced.
+1. The results are updated both in the index file and in your
+ working tree;
+2. Index file is written out as a tree;
+3. The tree gets committed; and
+4. The `HEAD` pointer gets advanced.
Because of 2., we require that the original state of the index
file to match exactly the current `HEAD` commit; otherwise we