Merge branch 'jc/merge-drop-old-syntax'

[git-core/git.git] / Documentation / git-merge.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index ca3c27b..04fdd8c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ SYNOPSIS
        [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<keyid>]]
        [--[no-]allow-unrelated-histories]
        [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [<commit>...]
-'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>...
 'git merge' --abort
 'git merge' --continue
 
@@ -46,11 +45,7 @@ a log message from the user describing the changes.
     D---E---F---G---H master
 ------------
 
-The second syntax (<msg> `HEAD` <commit>...) is supported for
-historical reasons.  Do not use it from the command line or in
-new scripts.  It is the same as `git merge -m <msg> <commit>...`.
-
-The third syntax ("`git merge --abort`") can only be run after the
+The second syntax ("`git merge --abort`") can only be run after the
 merge has resulted in conflicts. 'git merge --abort' will abort the
 merge process and try to reconstruct the pre-merge state. However,
 if there were uncommitted changes when the merge started (and