Hi JB.

While I see *some*  value in the "rebabse & merge" strategy when used
wisely, I can hardly imagine a situation where "merge commit" is
useful. OTOH, it would be really bad if someone used "merge commit" to
merge a PR onto main.

So I'm globally -0 on the idea.

Thanks,
Alex

On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Yong
>
> No worries :) I don't see issue with that. We will revert if someone has a
> strong concern (I don't see why as the previous behavior is still
> available).
>
> Regards
> JB
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM Yong Zheng <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > +1
> >
> > Sorry, I didn't saw this ML and merged the PR already. We can revert that
> > in case preferred.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Yong
> >
> > On 2026/06/07 16:56:54 Jean-Baptiste Onofré wrote:
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > I created the PR [1] to enable three actions on the GitHub Merge button:
> > > - Squash and merge (the only action we can do today)
> > > - Create a merge commit (preserving the history/commits)
> > > - Rebase and merge (preserving the history/commits)
> > >
> > > You can find more information about what it means here:
> > >
> > https://docs.github.com/fr/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/incorporating-changes-from-a-pull-request/merging-a-pull-request
> > >
> > > [1] https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/4634
> > >
> > > Concretely, once this PR is merged, the merge button will have a dropdown
> > > menu to select the desired action.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > JB
> > >
> >

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