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.
12 Invoke an editor before committing successful mechanical merge to
13 further edit the auto-generated merge message, so that the user
14 can explain and justify the merge. The `--no-edit` option can be
15 used to accept the auto-generated message (this is generally
16 discouraged). The `--edit` option is still useful if you are
17 giving a draft message with the `-m` option from the command line
18 and want to edit it in the editor.
20 Older scripts may depend on the historical behaviour of not allowing the
21 user to edit the merge log message. They will see an editor opened when
22 they run `git merge`. To make it easier to adjust such scripts to the
23 updated behaviour, the environment variable `GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT` can be
24 set to `no` at the beginning of them.
28 Do not generate a merge commit if the merge resolved as
29 a fast-forward, only update the branch pointer. This is
30 the default behavior of git-merge.
32 With --no-ff Generate a merge commit even if the merge
33 resolved as a fast-forward.
37 In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
38 one-line descriptions from at most <n> actual commits that are being
39 merged. See also linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1].
41 With --no-log do not list one-line descriptions from the
42 actual commits being merged.
48 Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also
49 controlled by the configuration option merge.stat.
51 With -n or --no-stat do not show a diffstat at the end of the
56 Produce the working tree and index state as if a real
57 merge happened (except for the merge information),
58 but do not actually make a commit or
59 move the `HEAD`, nor record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD` to
60 cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge
61 commit. This allows you to create a single commit on
62 top of the current branch whose effect is the same as
63 merging another branch (or more in case of an octopus).
65 With --no-squash perform the merge and commit the result. This
66 option can be used to override --squash.
69 Refuse to merge and exit with a non-zero status unless the
70 current `HEAD` is already up-to-date or the merge can be
71 resolved as a fast-forward.
74 --strategy=<strategy>::
75 Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
76 once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
77 If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies
78 is used instead ('git merge-recursive' when merging a single
79 head, 'git merge-octopus' otherwise).
82 --strategy-option=<option>::
83 Pass merge strategy specific option through to the merge
88 Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be
89 removed in the future.
94 Operate quietly. Implies --no-progress.
102 Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified,
103 progress is shown if standard error is connected to a terminal.
104 Note that not all merge strategies may support progress