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authorLars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>2007-09-24 00:51:45 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-09-23 17:14:03 -0700
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git-merge: add --ff and --no-ff options
These new options can be used to control the policy for fast-forward merges: --ff allows it (this is the default) while --no-ff will create a merge commit. Signed-off-by: Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can
be used to override --squash.
+--no-ff::
+ Generate a merge commit even if the merge resolved as a
+ fast-forward.
+
+--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.
+
-s <strategy>, \--strategy=<strategy>::
Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
once to specify them in the order they should be tried.