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include::merge-options.txt[]
---signoff::
- Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
- log message. The meaning of a signoff depends on the project,
- but it typically certifies that committer has
- the rights to submit this work under the same license and
- agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin
- (see http://developercertificate.org/ for more information).
-
-m <msg>::
Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
case one is created).
To avoid recording unrelated changes in the merge commit,
'git pull' and 'git merge' will also abort if there are any changes
-registered in the index relative to the `HEAD` commit. (One
-exception is when the changed index entries are in the state that
-would result from the merge already.)
+registered in the index relative to the `HEAD` commit. (Special
+narrow exceptions to this rule may exist depending on which merge
+strategy is in use, but generally, the index must match HEAD.)
If all named commits are already ancestors of `HEAD`, 'git merge'
will exit early with the message "Already up to date."