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        not autocommit, to give the user a chance to inspect and
        further tweak the merge result before committing.
 
+--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).
 
 -s <strategy>, \--strategy=<strategy>::
        Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than