Re: [PATCH v3] merge-options.txt: clarify meaning of various ff-related options

2019-08-30 Thread Eric Sunshine
On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 3:57 PM Junio C Hamano wrote: > If we want to dedicate one paragraph for each of these options, we > can and should make the introductory paragraph lighter by saying > something like > > Specifies how a merge is handled when the merged-in history > is alread

Re: [PATCH v3] merge-options.txt: clarify meaning of various ff-related options

2019-08-30 Thread Junio C Hamano
Elijah Newren writes: > diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt > index 79a00d2a4a..ed3804650b 100644 > --- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt > +++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt > @@ -40,20 +40,26 @@ set to `no` at the beginning of them. > case of

[PATCH v3] merge-options.txt: clarify meaning of various ff-related options

2019-08-28 Thread Elijah Newren
As discovered on the mailing list, some of the descriptions of the ff-related options were unclear. Try to be more precise with what these options do. Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren --- Changes since v2: * reordered the options * typeset the option flags differently to ensure they are monospac