Re: [PATCH] Teach merge the '[-e|--edit]' option

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Think about it. What I suggested does no way make the situation
worse. Your patch _does_ make it worse by changing the hook behaviour
between "merge -m 'foo'" vs "merge -m 'foo' -e"

I think it's arguable how -e should behave. With -e opening my editor,
now I really feel like I'm making a commit and would be surprised by
not having the various commit hooks run.

j.