2 Specify the style in which conflicted hunks are written out to
3 working tree files upon merge. The default is "merge", which
4 shows a `<<<<<<<` conflict marker, changes made by one side,
5 a `=======` marker, changes made by the other side, and then
6 a `>>>>>>>` marker. An alternate style, "diff3", adds a `|||||||`
7 marker and the original text before the `=======` marker.
9 merge.defaultToUpstream::
10 If merge is called without any commit argument, merge the upstream
11 branches configured for the current branch by using their last
12 observed values stored in their remote-tracking branches.
13 The values of the `branch.<current branch>.merge` that name the
14 branches at the remote named by `branch.<current branch>.remote`
15 are consulted, and then they are mapped via `remote.<remote>.fetch`
16 to their corresponding remote-tracking branches, and the tips of
17 these tracking branches are merged.
20 By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
21 a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
22 tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
23 this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
24 a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
25 line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
26 allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
29 merge.verifySignatures::
30 If true, this is equivalent to the --verify-signatures command
31 line option. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.
33 include::fmt-merge-msg-config.txt[]
36 The number of files to consider when performing rename detection
37 during a merge; if not specified, defaults to the value of
38 diff.renameLimit. This setting has no effect if rename detection
42 Whether and how Git detects renames. If set to "false",
43 rename detection is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename
44 detection is enabled. Defaults to the value of diff.renames.
47 Tell Git that canonical representation of files in the
48 repository has changed over time (e.g. earlier commits record
49 text files with CRLF line endings, but recent ones use LF line
50 endings). In such a repository, Git can convert the data
51 recorded in commits to a canonical form before performing a
52 merge to reduce unnecessary conflicts. For more information,
53 see section "Merging branches with differing checkin/checkout
54 attributes" in linkgit:gitattributes[5].
57 Whether to print the diffstat between ORIG_HEAD and the merge result
58 at the end of the merge. True by default.
61 Controls which merge tool is used by linkgit:git-mergetool[1].
62 The list below shows the valid built-in values.
63 Any other value is treated as a custom merge tool and requires
64 that a corresponding mergetool.<tool>.cmd variable is defined.
66 include::mergetools-merge.txt[]
69 Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
70 strategy. Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
71 message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
72 conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes. Level 5 and
73 above outputs debugging information. The default is level 2.
74 Can be overridden by the `GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY` environment variable.
77 Defines a human-readable name for a custom low-level
78 merge driver. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
80 merge.<driver>.driver::
81 Defines the command that implements a custom low-level
82 merge driver. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
84 merge.<driver>.recursive::
85 Names a low-level merge driver to be used when
86 performing an internal merge between common ancestors.
87 See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.