Documentation / merge-options.txton commit GIT-VERSION-GEN: do not fail if a 'HEAD' file exists in the working copy (935e247)
   1--stat::
   2        Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also
   3        controlled by the configuration option merge.stat.
   4
   5-n::
   6--no-stat::
   7        Do not show diffstat at the end of the merge.
   8
   9--summary::
  10--no-summary::
  11        Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be
  12        removed in the future.
  13
  14--log::
  15        In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
  16        one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
  17        merged.
  18
  19--no-log::
  20        Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being
  21        merged.
  22
  23--no-commit::
  24        Perform the merge but pretend the merge failed and do
  25        not autocommit, to give the user a chance to inspect and
  26        further tweak the merge result before committing.
  27
  28--commit::
  29        Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can
  30        be used to override --no-commit.
  31
  32--squash::
  33        Produce the working tree and index state as if a real
  34        merge happened, but do not actually make a commit or
  35        move the `HEAD`, nor record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD` to
  36        cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge
  37        commit.  This allows you to create a single commit on
  38        top of the current branch whose effect is the same as
  39        merging another branch (or more in case of an octopus).
  40
  41--no-squash::
  42        Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can
  43        be used to override --squash.
  44
  45--no-ff::
  46        Generate a merge commit even if the merge resolved as a
  47        fast-forward.
  48
  49--ff::
  50        Do not generate a merge commit if the merge resolved as
  51        a fast-forward, only update the branch pointer. This is
  52        the default behavior of git-merge.
  53
  54-s <strategy>::
  55--strategy=<strategy>::
  56        Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
  57        once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
  58        If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies
  59        is used instead (`git-merge-recursive` when merging a single
  60        head, `git-merge-octopus` otherwise).