failed and do not autocommit, to give the user a chance to
inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing.
+--edit::
+--no-edit::
+ Invoke editor before committing successful merge to further
+ edit the default merge message. The `--no-edit` option can be
+ used to accept the auto-generated message (this is generally
+ discouraged) when merging an annotated tag, in which case
+ `git merge` automatically spawns the editor so that the result
+ of the GPG verification of the tag can be seen.
++
+Older scripts may depend on the historical behaviour of not allowing the
+user to edit the merge log message. They will see an editor opened when
+they run `git merge` to merge an annotated tag. To make it easier to adjust
+such scripts to the updated behaviour, the environment variable
+`GIT_MERGE_AUTOEDIT` can be set to `no` at the beginning of them.
+
--ff::
+ When the merge resolves as a fast-forward, only update the branch
+ pointer, without creating a merge commit. This is the default
+ behavior.
+
--no-ff::
- Do not generate a merge commit if the merge resolved as
- a fast-forward, only update the branch pointer. This is
- the default behavior of git-merge.
-+
-With --no-ff Generate a merge commit even if the merge
-resolved as a fast-forward.
+ Create a merge commit even when the merge resolves as a
+ fast-forward.
+
+--ff-only::
+ Refuse to merge and exit with a non-zero status unless the
+ current `HEAD` is already up-to-date or the merge can be
+ resolved as a fast-forward.
---log::
+--log[=<n>]::
--no-log::
In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
- one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
- merged.
+ one-line descriptions from at most <n> actual commits that are being
+ merged. See also linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1].
+
With --no-log do not list one-line descriptions from the
actual commits being merged.
With --no-squash perform the merge and commit the result. This
option can be used to override --squash.
---ff-only::
- Refuse to merge and exit with a non-zero status unless the
- current `HEAD` is already up-to-date or the merge can be
- resolved as a fast-forward.
-
-s <strategy>::
--strategy=<strategy>::
Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
is used instead ('git merge-recursive' when merging a single
head, 'git merge-octopus' otherwise).
+-X <option>::
+--strategy-option=<option>::
+ Pass merge strategy specific option through to the merge
+ strategy.
+
--summary::
--no-summary::
Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be
removed in the future.
+ifndef::git-pull[]
-q::
--quiet::
- Operate quietly.
+ Operate quietly. Implies --no-progress.
-v::
--verbose::
Be verbose.
--X <option>::
---strategy-option=<option>::
- Pass merge strategy specific option through to the merge
- strategy.
+--progress::
+--no-progress::
+ Turn progress on/off explicitly. If neither is specified,
+ progress is shown if standard error is connected to a terminal.
+ Note that not all merge strategies may support progress
+ reporting.
+
+endif::git-pull[]