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.
46 --gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
47 GPG-sign the resulting merge commit. The `keyid` argument is
48 optional and defaults to the committer identity; if specified,
49 it must be stuck to the option without a space.
53 In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
54 one-line descriptions from at most <n> actual commits that are being
55 merged. See also linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1].
57 With --no-log do not list one-line descriptions from the
58 actual commits being merged.
62 Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
63 log message. The meaning of a signoff depends on the project,
64 but it typically certifies that committer has
65 the rights to submit this work under the same license and
66 agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin
67 (see http://developercertificate.org/ for more information).
69 With --no-signoff do not add a Signed-off-by line.
74 Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also
75 controlled by the configuration option merge.stat.
77 With -n or --no-stat do not show a diffstat at the end of the
82 Produce the working tree and index state as if a real merge
83 happened (except for the merge information), but do not actually
84 make a commit, move the `HEAD`, or record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD`
85 (to cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge
86 commit). This allows you to create a single commit on top of
87 the current branch whose effect is the same as merging another
88 branch (or more in case of an octopus).
90 With --no-squash perform the merge and commit the result. This
91 option can be used to override --squash.
94 --strategy=<strategy>::
95 Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
96 once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
97 If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies
98 is used instead ('git merge-recursive' when merging a single
99 head, 'git merge-octopus' otherwise).
102 --strategy-option=<option>::
103 Pass merge strategy specific option through to the merge
106 --verify-signatures::
107 --no-verify-signatures::
108 Verify that the tip commit of the side branch being merged is
109 signed with a valid key, i.e. a key that has a valid uid: in the
110 default trust model, this means the signing key has been signed by
111 a trusted key. If the tip commit of the side branch is not signed
112 with a valid key, the merge is aborted.
116 Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be
117 removed in the future.
122 Operate quietly. Implies --no-progress.
130 Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified,
131 progress is shown if standard error is connected to a terminal.
132 Note that not all merge strategies may support progress
137 --allow-unrelated-histories::
138 By default, `git merge` command refuses to merge histories
139 that do not share a common ancestor. This option can be
140 used to override this safety when merging histories of two
141 projects that started their lives independently. As that is
142 a very rare occasion, no configuration variable to enable
143 this by default exists and will not be added.