Merge branch 'da/pull-ff-configuration'

"git pull" learned to pay attention to pull.ff configuration
variable.

* da/pull-ff-configuration:
  pull: add --ff-only to the help text
  pull: add pull.ff configuration

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index a23392ca6a..7eec746950 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1889,6 +1889,16 @@ pretty.<name>::
 	Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
 	will be silently ignored.
 
+pull.ff::
+	By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
+	a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
+	tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
+	this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
+	a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
+	line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
+	allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
+	command line).
+
 pull.rebase::
 	When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
 	of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git