2 examples for git merge
# Merge the branch 'some_branch' into the current branch without actually touching anything
git merge some_branch -s ours
# Merge the branch 'some_branch' into the current branch, forcing a merge commit
git merge --no-ff some_branch
# Merge the branch 'some_branch' into the current branch, forcing a merge commit, and stopping before actual commit
git merge --no-ff --no-commit some_branch