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   1merge.conflictStyle::
   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.
   8
   9merge.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.
  18
  19merge.ff::
  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
  27        command line).
  28
  29merge.verifySignatures::
  30        If true, this is equivalent to the --verify-signatures command
  31        line option. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.
  32
  33include::fmt-merge-msg.txt[]
  34
  35merge.renameLimit::
  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
  39        is turned off.
  40
  41merge.renames::
  42        Whether Git detects renames.  If set to "false", rename detection
  43        is disabled. If set to "true", basic rename detection is enabled.
  44        Defaults to the value of diff.renames.
  45
  46merge.directoryRenames::
  47        Whether Git detects directory renames, affecting what happens at
  48        merge time to new files added to a directory on one side of
  49        history when that directory was renamed on the other side of
  50        history.  If merge.directoryRenames is set to "false", directory
  51        rename detection is disabled, meaning that such new files will be
  52        left behind in the old directory.  If set to "true", directory
  53        rename detection is enabled, meaning that such new files will be
  54        moved into the new directory.  If set to "conflict", a conflict
  55        will be reported for such paths.  If merge.renames is false,
  56        merge.directoryRenames is ignored and treated as false.  Defaults
  57        to "conflict".
  58
  59merge.renormalize::
  60        Tell Git that canonical representation of files in the
  61        repository has changed over time (e.g. earlier commits record
  62        text files with CRLF line endings, but recent ones use LF line
  63        endings).  In such a repository, Git can convert the data
  64        recorded in commits to a canonical form before performing a
  65        merge to reduce unnecessary conflicts.  For more information,
  66        see section "Merging branches with differing checkin/checkout
  67        attributes" in linkgit:gitattributes[5].
  68
  69merge.stat::
  70        Whether to print the diffstat between ORIG_HEAD and the merge result
  71        at the end of the merge.  True by default.
  72
  73merge.tool::
  74        Controls which merge tool is used by linkgit:git-mergetool[1].
  75        The list below shows the valid built-in values.
  76        Any other value is treated as a custom merge tool and requires
  77        that a corresponding mergetool.<tool>.cmd variable is defined.
  78
  79merge.guitool::
  80        Controls which merge tool is used by linkgit:git-mergetool[1] when the
  81        -g/--gui flag is specified. The list below shows the valid built-in values.
  82        Any other value is treated as a custom merge tool and requires that a
  83        corresponding mergetool.<guitool>.cmd variable is defined.
  84
  85include::../mergetools-merge.txt[]
  86
  87merge.verbosity::
  88        Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
  89        strategy.  Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
  90        message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
  91        conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes.  Level 5 and
  92        above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
  93        Can be overridden by the `GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY` environment variable.
  94
  95merge.<driver>.name::
  96        Defines a human-readable name for a custom low-level
  97        merge driver.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
  98
  99merge.<driver>.driver::
 100        Defines the command that implements a custom low-level
 101        merge driver.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
 102
 103merge.<driver>.recursive::
 104        Names a low-level merge driver to be used when
 105        performing an internal merge between common ancestors.
 106        See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.