Re: Is there a way to add a default `--squash` flag for all merges into a head?

From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 8, 2011, 07:29 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTinmdQ6r8cBDsFjXR+KLGeZR1-yeu7h9R=X0+1PG@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <9f02bed0-fa18-46b1-a3d3-346e1cc7dc01@k15g2000prk.googlegroups.com>

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Dun Peal <dunpealer@gmail.com> wrote:

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> There's a configuration feaute `branch.<name>.rebase` for specifying
> that all merges into a branch (master in this case) would be done by
> rebase, so I was expecting a similar feature for always squashing back
> (since some developers may forget to add the flag). Unfortunately, I
> couldn't find it. Does it exist?

Try:

  $ git config branch.<name>.mergeoptions --squash

j.