Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.7.9-111-gf3fb0

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/merge-options.txt b/merge-options.txt
index 1a5c12e31..f2f1d0f51 100644
--- a/merge-options.txt
+++ b/merge-options.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,20 @@ failed and do not autocommit, to give the user a chance to
 inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing.
 
 --edit::
--e::
-	Invoke editor before committing successful merge to further
-	edit the default merge message.
+--no-edit::
+	Invoke an editor before committing successful mechanical merge to
+	further edit the auto-generated merge message, so that the user
+	can explain and justify the merge. The `--no-edit` option can be
+	used to accept the auto-generated message (this is generally
+	discouraged). The `--edit` option is still useful if you are
+	giving a draft message with the `-m` option from the command line
+	and want to edit it in the editor.
++
+Older scripts may depend on the historical behaviour of not allowing the
+user to edit the merge log message. They will see an editor opened when
+they run `git merge`. To make it easier to adjust such scripts to the
+updated behaviour, the environment variable `GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT` can be
+set to `no` at the beginning of them.
 
 --ff::
 --no-ff::