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attributes" in linkgit:gitattributes[5].
`merge.stat`::
- Whether to print the diffstat between `ORIG_HEAD` and the merge result
- at the end of the merge. True by default.
+ What, if anything, to print between `ORIG_HEAD` and the merge result
+ at the end of the merge. Possible values are:
++
+--
+`false`;; Show nothing.
+`true`;; Show `git diff --diffstat --summary ORIG_HEAD`.
+`compact`;; Show `git diff --compact-summary ORIG_HEAD`.
+--
++
+but any unrecognised value (e.g., a value added by a future version of
+Git) is taken as `true` instead of triggering an error. Defaults to
+`true`.
`merge.autoStash`::
When set to `true`, automatically create a temporary stash entry