I am running: git version 2.10.1.windows.1
I typed: git merge -h
and got:
usage: git merge [<options>] [<commit>...]
or: git merge [<options>] <msg> HEAD <commit>
or: git merge --abort
-n do not show a diffstat at the end of the merge
--stat show a diffstat at the end of the merge
--summary (synonym to --stat)
--log[=<n>] add (at most <n>) entries from shortlog to merge commit message
--squash create a single commit instead of doing a merge
--commit perform a commit if the merge succeeds (default)
-e, --edit edit message before committing
--ff allow fast-forward (default)
--ff-only abort if fast-forward is not possible
--rerere-autoupdate update the index with reused conflict resolution if possible
--verify-signatures verify that the named commit has a valid GPG signature
-s, --strategy <strategy>
merge strategy to use
-X, --strategy-option <option=value>
option for selected merge strategy
-m, --message <message>
merge commit message (for a non-fast-forward merge)
-v, --verbose be more verbose
-q, --quiet be more quiet
--abort abort the current in-progress merge
--allow-unrelated-histories
allow merging unrelated histories
--progress force progress reporting
-S, --gpg-sign[=<key-id>]
GPG sign commit
--overwrite-ignore update ignored files (default)
Notice there is NO mention of the "--no-ff" option
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Rappazzo [mailto:rappazzo@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 7:37 AM
To: Vanderhoof, Tzadik
Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: merge --no-ff is NOT mentioned in help
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Vanderhoof, Tzadik <tzadik.vanderhoof@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When I do: "git merge -h" to get help, the option "--no-ff" is left out of the list of options.
I am running git version 2.10.0, and running git merge --help contains these lines:
--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
Create a merge commit even when the merge resolves as a fast-forward. This is the default behaviour when merging an annotated (and possibly signed) tag.
--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.
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