From: Junio C Hamano git-merge [-n] [--no-commit] [-s <strategy>]… <msg> <head> <remote> <remote>… This is the top-level user interface to the merge machinery
+ This is the top-level interface to the merge machinery
which drives multiple merge strategy scripts.SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
@@ -341,7 +344,8 @@ which drives multiple merge strategy scripts.
- our branch head commit. + Our branch head commit. This has to be HEAD, so new + syntax does not require it
- other branch head merged into our branch. You need at + Other branch head merged into our branch. You need at least one <remote>. Specifying more than one <remote> obviously means you are trying an Octopus.
+ This is used internally when git-pull calls this command + to record that the merge was created by pull command + in the ref-log entry that results from the merge. +
+