From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 17:04:22 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] merge-tree: add new --mergeability-only option
Message-ID: <xmqqplgdu5ex.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1920.git.1746914561.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> This adds a new flag, --mergeability-only, to git merge-tree, which
> suppresses all output and leaves only the exit status (reflecting successful
> merge or conflict). This is useful for Git Forges in cases where they are
> only interested in whether two branches can be merged, without needing the
> actual merge result or conflict details.

Sounds useful, but wouldn't that usually called --dry-run?