Merge branch 'cp/merge-continue'

"git merge --continue" has been added as a synonym to "git commit"
to conclude a merge that has stopped due to conflicts.

* cp/merge-continue:
  merge: mark usage error strings for translation
  merge: ensure '--abort' option takes no arguments
  completion: add --continue option for merge
  merge: add '--continue' option as a synonym for 'git commit'

Documentation/git-merge.txt

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	[--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [<commit>...]
 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <commit>...
 'git merge' --abort
+'git merge' --continue
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -61,6 +62,8 @@ reconstruct the original (pre-merge) changes. Therefore:
 discouraged: while possible, it may leave you in a state that is hard to
 back out of in the case of a conflict.
 
+The fourth syntax ("`git merge --continue`") can only be run after the
+merge has resulted in conflicts.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -99,6 +102,11 @@ commit or stash your changes before running 'git merge'.
 'git merge --abort' is equivalent to 'git reset --merge' when
 `MERGE_HEAD` is present.
 
+--continue::
+	After a 'git merge' stops due to conflicts you can conclude the
+	merge by running 'git merge --continue' (see "HOW TO RESOLVE
+	CONFLICTS" section below).
+
 <commit>...::
 	Commits, usually other branch heads, to merge into our branch.
 	Specifying more than one commit will create a merge with

builtin/merge.c

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_merge_usage[] = {
 	N_("git merge [<options>] [<commit>...]"),
 	N_("git merge [<options>] <msg> HEAD <commit>"),
 	N_("git merge --abort"),
+	N_("git merge --continue"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ static int option_renormalize;
 static int verbosity;
 static int allow_rerere_auto;
 static int abort_current_merge;
+static int continue_current_merge;
 static int allow_unrelated_histories;
 static int show_progress = -1;
 static int default_to_upstream = 1;
@@ -223,6 +225,8 @@ static struct option builtin_merge_options[] = {
 	OPT__VERBOSITY(&verbosity),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "abort", &abort_current_merge,
 		N_("abort the current in-progress merge")),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "continue", &continue_current_merge,
+		N_("continue the current in-progress merge")),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-unrelated-histories", &allow_unrelated_histories,
 		 N_("allow merging unrelated histories")),
 	OPT_SET_INT(0, "progress", &show_progress, N_("force progress reporting"), 1),
@@ -1125,6 +1129,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	const char *best_strategy = NULL, *wt_strategy = NULL;
 	struct commit_list *remoteheads, *p;
 	void *branch_to_free;
+	int orig_argc = argc;
 
 	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h"))
 		usage_with_options(builtin_merge_usage, builtin_merge_options);
@@ -1158,6 +1163,10 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		int nargc = 2;
 		const char *nargv[] = {"reset", "--merge", NULL};
 
+		if (orig_argc != 2)
+			usage_msg_opt(_("--abort expects no arguments"),
+			      builtin_merge_usage, builtin_merge_options);
+
 		if (!file_exists(git_path_merge_head()))
 			die(_("There is no merge to abort (MERGE_HEAD missing)."));
 
@@ -1166,6 +1175,22 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
+	if (continue_current_merge) {
+		int nargc = 1;
+		const char *nargv[] = {"commit", NULL};
+
+		if (orig_argc != 2)
+			usage_msg_opt(_("--continue expects no arguments"),
+			      builtin_merge_usage, builtin_merge_options);
+
+		if (!file_exists(git_path_merge_head()))
+			die(_("There is no merge in progress (MERGE_HEAD missing)."));
+
+		/* Invoke 'git commit' */
+		ret = cmd_commit(nargc, nargv, prefix);
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	if (read_cache_unmerged())
 		die_resolve_conflict("merge");
 

contrib/completion/git-completion.bash

@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ _git_merge ()
 	case "$cur" in
 	--*)
 		__gitcomp "$__git_merge_options
-			--rerere-autoupdate --no-rerere-autoupdate --abort"
+			--rerere-autoupdate --no-rerere-autoupdate --abort --continue"
 		return
 	esac
 	__gitcomp_nl "$(__git_refs)"

t/t7600-merge.sh

@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ test_expect_success 'test option parsing' '
 	test_must_fail git merge -s foobar c1 &&
 	test_must_fail git merge -s=foobar c1 &&
 	test_must_fail git merge -m &&
+	test_must_fail git merge --abort foobar &&
+	test_must_fail git merge --abort --quiet &&
+	test_must_fail git merge --continue foobar &&
+	test_must_fail git merge --continue --quiet &&
 	test_must_fail git merge
 '
 
@@ -763,4 +767,11 @@ test_expect_success 'merge nothing into void' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'merge can be completed with --continue' '
+	git reset --hard c0 &&
+	git merge --no-ff --no-commit c1 &&
+	git merge --continue &&
+	verify_parents $c0 $c1
+'
+
 test_done