Why is git prompting me for a post-pull merge commit message?

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In git 1.7.10, the git developers decided merge commits could be made too easily. As explained in this blog post, forcing the interactive commit message behavior should make those commit messages more detailed and could reduce the overall frequency of unnecessary merges.

You can use the --no-edit flag to avoid this behavior, but, well, don’t. Merge commits, like any commits to history, should be well constructed. Your history should be nothing but useful.

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