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1 --commit::
2 --no-commit::
3 Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can
4 be used to override --no-commit.
5 +
6 With --no-commit perform the merge and stop just before creating
7 a merge commit, to give the user a chance to inspect and further
8 tweak the merge result before committing.
9 +
10 Note that fast-forward updates do not create a merge commit and
11 therefore there is no way to stop those merges with --no-commit.
12 Thus, if you want to ensure your branch is not changed or updated
13 by the merge command, use --no-ff with --no-commit.
14
15 --edit::
16 -e::
17 --no-edit::
18 Invoke an editor before committing successful mechanical merge to
19 further edit the auto-generated merge message, so that the user
20 can explain and justify the merge. The `--no-edit` option can be
21 used to accept the auto-generated message (this is generally
22 discouraged).
23 ifndef::git-pull[]
24 The `--edit` (or `-e`) option is still useful if you are
25 giving a draft message with the `-m` option from the command line
26 and want to edit it in the editor.
27 endif::git-pull[]
28 +
29 Older scripts may depend on the historical behaviour of not allowing the
30 user to edit the merge log message. They will see an editor opened when
31 they run `git merge`. To make it easier to adjust such scripts to the
32 updated behaviour, the environment variable `GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT` can be
33 set to `no` at the beginning of them.
34
35 --cleanup=<mode>::
36 This option determines how the merge message will be cleaned up before
37 commiting. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for more details. In addition, if
38 the '<mode>' is given a value of `scissors`, scissors will be appended
39 to `MERGE_MSG` before being passed on to the commit machinery in the
40 case of a merge conflict.
41
42 --ff::
43 When the merge resolves as a fast-forward, only update the branch
44 pointer, without creating a merge commit. This is the default
45 behavior.
46
47 --no-ff::
48 Create a merge commit even when the merge resolves as a
49 fast-forward. This is the default behaviour when merging an
50 annotated (and possibly signed) tag that is not stored in
51 its natural place in 'refs/tags/' hierarchy.
52
53 --ff-only::
54 Refuse to merge and exit with a non-zero status unless the
55 current `HEAD` is already up to date or the merge can be
56 resolved as a fast-forward.
57
58 -S[<keyid>]::
59 --gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
60 GPG-sign the resulting merge commit. The `keyid` argument is
61 optional and defaults to the committer identity; if specified,
62 it must be stuck to the option without a space.
63
64 --log[=<n>]::
65 --no-log::
66 In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
67 one-line descriptions from at most <n> actual commits that are being
68 merged. See also linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1].
69 +
70 With --no-log do not list one-line descriptions from the
71 actual commits being merged.
72
73 --signoff::
74 --no-signoff::
75 Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
76 log message. The meaning of a signoff depends on the project,
77 but it typically certifies that committer has
78 the rights to submit this work under the same license and
79 agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin
80 (see http://developercertificate.org/ for more information).
81 +
82 With --no-signoff do not add a Signed-off-by line.
83
84 --stat::
85 -n::
86 --no-stat::
87 Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also
88 controlled by the configuration option merge.stat.
89 +
90 With -n or --no-stat do not show a diffstat at the end of the
91 merge.
92
93 --squash::
94 --no-squash::
95 Produce the working tree and index state as if a real merge
96 happened (except for the merge information), but do not actually
97 make a commit, move the `HEAD`, or record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD`
98 (to cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge
99 commit). This allows you to create a single commit on top of
100 the current branch whose effect is the same as merging another
101 branch (or more in case of an octopus).
102 +
103 With --no-squash perform the merge and commit the result. This
104 option can be used to override --squash.
105
106 -s <strategy>::
107 --strategy=<strategy>::
108 Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
109 once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
110 If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies
111 is used instead ('git merge-recursive' when merging a single
112 head, 'git merge-octopus' otherwise).
113
114 -X <option>::
115 --strategy-option=<option>::
116 Pass merge strategy specific option through to the merge
117 strategy.
118
119 --verify-signatures::
120 --no-verify-signatures::
121 Verify that the tip commit of the side branch being merged is
122 signed with a valid key, i.e. a key that has a valid uid: in the
123 default trust model, this means the signing key has been signed by
124 a trusted key. If the tip commit of the side branch is not signed
125 with a valid key, the merge is aborted.
126
127 --summary::
128 --no-summary::
129 Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be
130 removed in the future.
131
132 ifndef::git-pull[]
133 -q::
134 --quiet::
135 Operate quietly. Implies --no-progress.
136
137 -v::
138 --verbose::
139 Be verbose.
140
141 --progress::
142 --no-progress::
143 Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified,
144 progress is shown if standard error is connected to a terminal.
145 Note that not all merge strategies may support progress
146 reporting.
147
148 endif::git-pull[]
149
150 --allow-unrelated-histories::
151 By default, `git merge` command refuses to merge histories
152 that do not share a common ancestor. This option can be
153 used to override this safety when merging histories of two
154 projects that started their lives independently. As that is
155 a very rare occasion, no configuration variable to enable
156 this by default exists and will not be added.