| -q:: | 
 | --quiet:: | 
 | 	Operate quietly. | 
 |  | 
 | -v:: | 
 | --verbose:: | 
 | 	Be verbose. | 
 |  | 
 | --stat:: | 
 | 	Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also | 
 | 	controlled by the configuration option merge.stat. | 
 |  | 
 | -n:: | 
 | --no-stat:: | 
 | 	Do not show a diffstat at the end of the merge. | 
 |  | 
 | --summary:: | 
 | --no-summary:: | 
 | 	Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be | 
 | 	removed in the future. | 
 |  | 
 | --log:: | 
 | 	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with | 
 | 	one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being | 
 | 	merged. | 
 |  | 
 | --no-log:: | 
 | 	Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being | 
 | 	merged. | 
 |  | 
 | --no-commit:: | 
 | 	Perform the merge but pretend the merge failed and do | 
 | 	not autocommit, to give the user a chance to inspect and | 
 | 	further tweak the merge result before committing. | 
 |  | 
 | --commit:: | 
 | 	Perform the merge and commit the result. This option can | 
 | 	be used to override --no-commit. | 
 |  | 
 | --squash:: | 
 | 	Produce the working tree and index state as if a real | 
 | 	merge happened, 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). | 
 |  | 
 | --no-squash:: | 
 | 	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. | 
 | 	If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies | 
 | 	is used instead ('git-merge-recursive' when merging a single | 
 | 	head, 'git-merge-octopus' otherwise). |