1.7.9.6

Git v1.7.9.6 Release Notes ==========================

Fixes since v1.7.9.5 --------------------

• "git merge $tag" to merge an annotated tag always opens the editor during an interactive edit session. v1.7.10 series introduced an environment variable GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT to help older scripts decline this behaviour, but the maintenance track should also support it.

Also contains minor fixes and documentation updates.