[Monotone-devel] Confusing text in NEWS

[Zack Weinberg]

This paragraph of NEWS, which I believe you wrote, is written very
confusingly.  I cannot figure out what has been added relative to
0.36. Did MTN_MERGE=diffutils exist in 0.36?

        - the "MTN_MERGE=diffutils" merger (provided by std_hooks.lua)
          was improved. It now accepts a MTN_MERGE_DIFFUTILS environment
          variable which can be used to control its behaviour
          through comma-separated "key[=value]" entries. Currently
          supported entries are "partial" for doing a partial
          batch/non-modal 3-way merge "resolution" which uses
          embedded content conflict markers and "diff3opts=[...]" and
          "sdiffopts=[...]" for passing arbitrary options to the used
          "diff3" and "sdiff" tools. When used in combination with "mtn
          merge_into_workspace" this way one especially can achieve a
          CVS/SVN style non-modal workspace-based merging.

Also, it's too detailed for NEWS and not nearly detailed enough for
the manual.  Are the various merger modes documented in the manual?

What happens if you try to use this with 'mtn merge' or 'mtn propagate'?

zw