Automatic merge of pull requests on Github without the merge bubble

Question

The \"This pull request can be automatically merged [Merge pull request]\" button in github is great -- except that it creates merge bubbles.

Is there a way to use this

Answer 1

No.

The git blog says using this button you always get an --no-ff merge (no fast-forward merge).

You'd have to do a manual merge if you don't want merge bubbles:

git checkout master
git remote add cameronmcefee git://github.com/cameronmcefee/Spoon-Knife.git
git fetch cameronmcefee 
git merge cameronmcefee/my-branch
git push origin master