3 Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can
4 be used to override --no-commit.
6 With --no-commit perform the merge but pretend the merge
7 failed and do not autocommit, to give the user a chance to
8 inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing.
13 Invoke an editor before committing successful mechanical merge to
14 further edit the auto-generated merge message, so that the user
15 can explain and justify the merge. The `--no-edit` option can be
16 used to accept the auto-generated message (this is generally
19 The `--edit` (or `-e`) option is still useful if you are
20 giving a draft message with the `-m` option from the command line
21 and want to edit it in the editor.
24 Older scripts may depend on the historical behaviour of not allowing the
25 user to edit the merge log message. They will see an editor opened when
26 they run `git merge`. To make it easier to adjust such scripts to the
27 updated behaviour, the environment variable `GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT` can be
28 set to `no` at the beginning of them.
31 When the merge resolves as a fast-forward, only update the branch
32 pointer, without creating a merge commit. This is the default
36 Create a merge commit even when the merge resolves as a
37 fast-forward. This is the default behaviour when merging an
38 annotated (and possibly signed) tag.
41 Refuse to merge and exit with a non-zero status unless the
42 current `HEAD` is already up to date or the merge can be
43 resolved as a fast-forward.
47 In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
48 one-line descriptions from at most <n> actual commits that are being
49 merged. See also linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1].
51 With --no-log do not list one-line descriptions from the
52 actual commits being merged.
58 Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also
59 controlled by the configuration option merge.stat.
61 With -n or --no-stat do not show a diffstat at the end of the
66 Produce the working tree and index state as if a real merge
67 happened (except for the merge information), but do not actually
68 make a commit, move the `HEAD`, or record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD`
69 (to cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge
70 commit). This allows you to create a single commit on top of
71 the current branch whose effect is the same as merging another
72 branch (or more in case of an octopus).
74 With --no-squash perform the merge and commit the result. This
75 option can be used to override --squash.
78 --strategy=<strategy>::
79 Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
80 once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
81 If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies
82 is used instead ('git merge-recursive' when merging a single
83 head, 'git merge-octopus' otherwise).
86 --strategy-option=<option>::
87 Pass merge strategy specific option through to the merge
91 --no-verify-signatures::
92 Verify that the tip commit of the side branch being merged is
93 signed with a valid key, i.e. a key that has a valid uid: in the
94 default trust model, this means the signing key has been signed by
95 a trusted key. If the tip commit of the side branch is not signed
96 with a valid key, the merge is aborted.
100 Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be
101 removed in the future.
106 Operate quietly. Implies --no-progress.
114 Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified,
115 progress is shown if standard error is connected to a terminal.
116 Note that not all merge strategies may support progress
121 --allow-unrelated-histories::
122 By default, `git merge` command refuses to merge histories
123 that do not share a common ancestor. This option can be
124 used to override this safety when merging histories of two
125 projects that started their lives independently. As that is
126 a very rare occasion, no configuration variable to enable
127 this by default exists and will not be added.