git status when merging non-conflicted 3-way merge says "All conflicts fixed"

From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Date: May 25, 2021, 07:03 UTC
Message-ID: <79e26cee-daed-d52b-76d7-692f5cb2e20a@gmail.com>

Hi,

Supposed that we have following commit graph:

----A----B----C----D <- master
               \
                ----E <- e

When we merge e branch by `git merge e`, obviously we will do 3-way merge. Assumed that the merge doesn't conflict, Git will fire up editor to edit `COMMIT_EDITMSG` for us to enter merge commit message. Then we abort the commit by either delete all the lines there, or comment all of them.

But when we check status by `git status`, Git says:

> On branch master
> All conflicts fixed but you are still merging.
>   (use "git commit" to conclude merge)

That message above is misleading, because we know that our merge doesn't conflict (3-way merge applied successfully without conflict). However, it makes sense only when we have resolved all conflicts on the conflicted merge.

So for non-conflicted merge, we can say instead:

> On branch <branch>
> You are still merging, and the merge applied without any conflicts.
>   (use "git commit" to conclude merge)

Thanks.

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