doc: git-pull: clarify how to exit a conflicted merge

From user feedback:

- One user is confused about why `git reset --merge`
  (why not just `git reset`?). Handle this by mentioning
  `git merge --abort` and `git reset --abort` instead, which have a
  more obvious meaning.
- 2 users want to know what "In older versions of Git" means exactly
  (in versions older than 1.7.0). Handle this by removing the warning
  since it was added 15 years ago (in 3f8fc184c0)

Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Julia Evans
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@@ -36,15 +36,9 @@ There are 4 main options for integrating the remote branch:
You can also set the configuration options `pull.rebase`, `pull.squash`, You can also set the configuration options `pull.rebase`, `pull.squash`,
or `pull.ff` with your preferred behaviour. or `pull.ff` with your preferred behaviour.
In Git 1.7.0 or later, to cancel a conflicting merge, use If there's a merge conflict during the merge or rebase that you don't
`git reset --merge`. *Warning*: In older versions of Git, running 'git pull' want to handle, you can safely abort it with `git merge --abort` or `git
with uncommitted changes is discouraged: while possible, it leaves you --rebase abort`.
in a state that may be hard to back out of in the case of a conflict.
If any of the remote changes overlap with local uncommitted changes,
the merge will be automatically canceled and the work tree untouched.
It is generally best to get any local changes in working order before
pulling or stash them away with linkgit:git-stash[1].
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