Merge branch 'so/log-diff-merge'

"git log" learned "--diff-merges=<style>" option, with an
associated configuration variable log.diffMerges.

* so/log-diff-merge:
  doc/diff-options: document new --diff-merges features
  diff-merges: introduce log.diffMerges config variable
  diff-merges: adapt -m to enable default diff format
  diff-merges: refactor set_diff_merges()
  diff-merges: introduce --diff-merges=on

Documentation/config/log.txt

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ log.excludeDecoration::
 	the config option can be overridden by the `--decorate-refs`
 	option.
 
+log.diffMerges::
+	Set default diff format to be used for merge commits. See
+	`--diff-merges` in linkgit:git-log[1] for details.
+	Defaults to `separate`.
+
 log.follow::
 	If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
 	a single <path> is given.  This has the same limitations as `--follow`,

Documentation/diff-options.txt

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endif::git-diff[]
 endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 ifdef::git-log[]
---diff-merges=(off|none|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc)::
+--diff-merges=(off|none|on|first-parent|1|separate|m|combined|c|dense-combined|cc)::
 --no-diff-merges::
 	Specify diff format to be used for merge commits. Default is
 	{diff-merges-default} unless `--first-parent` is in use, in which case
@@ -45,17 +45,24 @@ ifdef::git-log[]
 	Disable output of diffs for merge commits. Useful to override
 	implied value.
 +
+--diff-merges=on:::
+--diff-merges=m:::
+-m:::
+	This option makes diff output for merge commits to be shown in
+	the default format. `-m` will produce the output only if `-p`
+	is given as well. The default format could be changed using
+	`log.diffMerges` configuration parameter, which default value
+	is `separate`.
++
 --diff-merges=first-parent:::
 --diff-merges=1:::
 	This option makes merge commits show the full diff with
 	respect to the first parent only.
 +
 --diff-merges=separate:::
---diff-merges=m:::
--m:::
 	This makes merge commits show the full diff with respect to
 	each of the parents. Separate log entry and diff is generated
-	for each parent. `-m` doesn't produce any output without `-p`.
+	for each parent.
 +
 --diff-merges=combined:::
 --diff-merges=c:::