How to prevent Gitlab from creating extra merge commit on branch merge

Question

I use GitLab in my project. I\'m exploring Merge Requests feature.

1. I created a topic_branch from master.
2. Made a bunch of commit

Answer 1

TL;DR

Your Project > Settings > General > Merge Request Settings > Fast-Forward Merge.

Personally, I also prefer to do squash commits on every merge.

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I think GitLab supports this now.

Steps

1. Go to your project
2. Navigate to project settings (Note: This is NOT the profile settings available on the top right)
3. Go to General tab.
4. Navigate to Merge Request Settings section
5. Choose Fast-Forward Merge.