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authorStephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>2022-10-26 11:59:34 -0700
committerStephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>2022-10-26 11:59:34 -0700
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Merge branch 'elpa-admin' of git.savannah.gnu.org:/srv/git/emacs/elpa into elpa-admin
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@@ -176,6 +176,17 @@ this ORIG-VERSION (or REMAPPED-VERSION if non-nil) to override
the default heuristic which uses the last revision that modified the
"Version:" header.
+** =:merge BOOL=
+If non-nil, this setting indicates that syncs from upstream should use automatic
+merges instead of fast-forwards.
+This only works for the main branch, not for the release branch.
+An unnecessary =:merge= setting is considered as an error.
+
+This option has many shortcomings, so its use is discouraged: it is
+better avoided as much as possible. Among other problems, merges
+don't interact well with the algorithm used to determine which
+revision is a "release".
+
* Configuration (elpa-config)
The configuration file is a `lisp-data-mode` file containing