Too Long; Didn't Read
In September last year, <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/github" target="_blank">GitHub</a> <a href="https://github.com/blog/2243-rebase-and-merge-pull-requests" target="_blank">introduced</a> a couple of new behaviors to its “<a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/merge" target="_blank">Merge</a>” button as alternatives to the standard of creating a new merge commit every time. Namely, “Squash and Merge” and “Rebase and Merge.”