git-apply: retire unused/unimplemented --no-merge flag.

The original plan was to do 3-way merge between local working tree,
index and the patch being applied, but that was never implemented.
Retire the flag to control its behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 4f7e1195de..cb676348f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-apply - Apply patch on a GIT index file and a work tree
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-apply' [--no-merge] [--stat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--show-files] [--apply] [<patch>...]
+'git-apply' [--stat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--show-files] [--apply] [<patch>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ OPTIONS
 	The files to read patch from.  '-' can be used to read
 	from the standard input.
 
---no-merge::
-	The default mode of operation is the merge behaviour
-	which is not implemented yet.  This flag explicitly
-	tells the program not to use the merge behaviour.
-
 --stat::
 	Instead of applying the patch, output diffstat for the
 	input.  Turns off "apply".
diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index 79c5d8a8f8..7be5041353 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -5,26 +5,16 @@
  *
  * This applies patches on top of some (arbitrary) version of the SCM.
  *
- * NOTE! It does all its work in the index file, and only cares about
- * the files in the working directory if you tell it to "merge" the
- * patch apply.
- *
- * Even when merging it always takes the source from the index, and
- * uses the working tree as a "branch" for a 3-way merge.
  */
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <fnmatch.h>
 #include "cache.h"
 
-// We default to the merge behaviour, since that's what most people would
-// expect.
-//
 //  --check turns on checking that the working tree matches the
 //    files that are being modified, but doesn't apply the patch
 //  --stat does just a diffstat, and doesn't actually apply
 //  --show-files shows the directory changes
 //
-static int merge_patch = 1;
 static int check_index = 0;
 static int write_index = 0;
 static int diffstat = 0;
@@ -33,7 +23,7 @@ static int check = 0;
 static int apply = 1;
 static int show_files = 0;
 static const char apply_usage[] =
-"git-apply [--no-merge] [--stat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--show-files] <patch>...";
+"git-apply [--stat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--show-files] <patch>...";
 
 /*
  * For "diff-stat" like behaviour, we keep track of the biggest change
@@ -1517,11 +1507,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			excludes = x;
 			continue;
 		}
-		/* NEEDSWORK: this does not do anything at this moment. */
-		if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-merge")) {
-			merge_patch = 0;
-			continue;
-		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--stat")) {
 			apply = 0;
 			diffstat = 1;