SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-merge' [-n] [--no-commit] [-s <strategy>]... <msg> <head> <remote> <remote>...
-
+[verse]
+'git-merge' [-n] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
+ [--reflog-action=<action>]
+ -m=<msg> <remote> <remote>...
DESCRIPTION
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-This is the top-level user interface to the merge machinery
+This is the top-level interface to the merge machinery
which drives multiple merge strategy scripts.
to give a good default for automated `git-merge` invocations.
<head>::
- our branch head commit.
+ Our branch head commit. This has to be `HEAD`, so new
+ syntax does not require it
<remote>::
- other branch head merged into our branch. You need at
+ Other branch head merged into our branch. You need at
least one <remote>. Specifying more than one <remote>
obviously means you are trying an Octopus.
+--reflog-action=<action>::
+ This is used internally when `git-pull` calls this command
+ to record that the merge was created by `pull` command
+ in the `ref-log` entry that results from the merge.
+
include::merge-strategies.txt[]