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@@ -63,14 +63,13 @@ merge.
--squash::
--no-squash::
- Produce the working tree and index state as if a real
- merge happened (except for the merge information),
- but do not actually make a commit or
- move the `HEAD`, nor record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD` to
- cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge
- commit. This allows you to create a single commit on
- top of the current branch whose effect is the same as
- merging another branch (or more in case of an octopus).
+ Produce the working tree and index state as if a real merge
+ happened (except for the merge information), but do not actually
+ make a commit, move the `HEAD`, or record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD`
+ (to cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge
+ commit). This allows you to create a single commit on top of
+ the current branch whose effect is the same as merging another
+ branch (or more in case of an octopus).
+
With --no-squash perform the merge and commit the result. This
option can be used to override --squash.