Merge branches without checking out branch

Question

I have 3 branches.

     master [ Live Server]
      \\
       stage [ Stage Server Where we test changes; merge commits ]
        \\ 
         Dev [ Local Machi         


        

Answer 1

You can't merge into a branch in the general case without having it checked out. There's a good reason for this, however. You need the proper working tree in order to denote and resolve merge conflicts.