Use git_merge to merge a branch into the current head. Based on how the branches
have diverged, the function will select a fast-forward or merge-commit strategy.
Usage
git_merge(ref, commit = TRUE, squash = FALSE, repo = ".")
git_merge_stage_only(ref, squash = FALSE, repo = ".")
git_merge_find_base(ref, target = "HEAD", repo = ".")
git_merge_analysis(ref, repo = ".")
git_merge_abort(repo = ".")Arguments
- ref
branch or commit that you want to merge
- commit
automatically create a merge commit if the merge succeeds without conflicts. Set this to
FALSEif you want to customize your commit message/author.- squash
omits the second parent from the commit, which make the merge a regular single-parent commit.
- repo
The path to the git repository. If the directory is not a repository, parent directories are considered (see git_find). To disable this search, provide the filepath protected with
I(). When using this parameter, always explicitly call by name (i.e.repo =) because future versions of gert may have additional parameters.- target
the branch where you want to merge into. Defaults to current
HEAD.
Details
By default git_merge automatically commits the merge commit upon success.
However if the merge fails with merge-conflicts, or if commit is set to
FALSE, the changes are staged and the repository is put in merging state,
and you have to manually run git_commit or git_merge_abort to proceed.
Other functions are more low-level tools that are used by git_merge.
git_merge_find_base looks up the commit where two branches have diverged
(i.e. the youngest common ancestor). The git_merge_analysis is used to
test if a merge can simply be fast forwarded or not.
The git_merge_stage_only function applies and stages changes, without
committing or fast-forwarding.
See also
Other git:
git_archive,
git_branch(),
git_commit(),
git_config(),
git_diff(),
git_fetch(),
git_ignore,
git_rebase(),
git_remote,
git_repo,
git_signature(),
git_stash,
git_tag