What is the octopus merge strategy in Git and when is it used?

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What is the octopus merge strategy in Git and when is it used?

Key points

  • Octopus merge merges more than two branches at once
  • It creates a single merge commit for all branches
  • Best used for integrating multiple topic branches at once
  • Only suitable when no conflicts are anticipated

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