30-seconds-of-code/git/snippets/merge-branch-merge-commit.md

title, type, tags, cover, dateModified

title	type	tags	cover	dateModified
Merge a branch and create a merge commit	snippet	repository branch	meteora	2021-04-13T21:10:59+03:00

Merges a branch into the current branch, creating a merge commit.

• Use git checkout <target-branch> to switch to the branch into which you want to merge.
• Use git merge --no-ff -m <message> <source-branch> to merge a branch into the current branch, creating a merge commit with the specified <message>.

git checkout <target-branch>
git merge --no-ff -m <message> <source-branch>

git checkout master
git merge --no-ff -m "Merge patch-1" patch-1
# Merges the `patch-1` branch into `master` and creates a commit
# with the message "Merge patch-1"