[PATCH] git-merge: warn when -m provided on a fast forward

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

Warn the user that the "-m" option is ignored in the case of a fast
forward.  That may save some confusion in the case where the user
doesn't know about fast forwards yet and may not realize that the
behavior here is intentional.

Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
---
 git-merge.sh |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index 4afcd95..8b6fcf0 100755
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -294,7 +294,12 @@ f,*)
 	git-update-index --refresh 2>/dev/null
 	new_head=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$1^0") &&
 	git-read-tree -v -m -u --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $head "$new_head" &&
-	finish "$new_head" "Fast forward" || exit
+	msg="Fast forward"
+	if test -n "$have_message"
+	then
+		msg="$msg (no commit created; -m option ignored)"
+	fi
+	finish "$new_head" "$msg" || exit
 	dropsave
 	exit 0
 	;;
-- 
1.5.0.gb75812-dirty