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.TH "HUB\-MERGE" "1" "March 2019" "GITHUB" "Hub Manual"
.SH "NAME"
\fBhub\-merge\fR \- Merge a pull request locally with a message like the GitHub Merge Button\.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBhub merge\fR \fIPULLREQ\-URL\fR
.P
This creates a local merge commit in the current branch, but does not actually change the state of the pull request\. However, the pull request will get auto\-closed and marked as "merged" as soon as the newly created merge commit is pushed to the default branch of the remote repository\.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.nf
$ hub merge https://github\.com/jingweno/gh/pull/73
> git fetch origin refs/pull/73/head
> git merge FETCH_HEAD \-\-no\-ff \-m "Merge pull request #73 from jingweno/feature\|\.\|\.\|\."
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
hub\-checkout(1), hub(1), git\-merge(1)