1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-merge.c b/builtin-merge.c
index 5e7910bd8d..7c2b90c70b 100644
--- a/builtin-merge.c
+++ b/builtin-merge.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static unsigned char head[20], stash[20];
 static struct strategy **use_strategies;
 static size_t use_strategies_nr, use_strategies_alloc;
 static const char *branch;
+static int verbosity;
 
 static struct strategy all_strategy[] = {
 	{ "recursive",  DEFAULT_TWOHEAD | NO_TRIVIAL },
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ static struct option builtin_merge_options[] = {
 	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &merge_msg, "message",
 		"message to be used for the merge commit (if any)",
 		option_parse_message),
+	OPT__VERBOSITY(&verbosity),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -250,7 +252,8 @@ static void restore_state(void)
 /* This is called when no merge was necessary. */
 static void finish_up_to_date(const char *msg)
 {
-	printf("%s%s\n", squash ? " (nothing to squash)" : "", msg);
+	if (verbosity >= 0)
+		printf("%s%s\n", squash ? " (nothing to squash)" : "", msg);
 	drop_save();
 }
 
@@ -331,14 +334,15 @@ static void finish(const unsigned char *new_head, const char *msg)
 	if (!msg)
 		strbuf_addstr(&reflog_message, getenv("GIT_REFLOG_ACTION"));
 	else {
-		printf("%s\n", msg);
+		if (verbosity >= 0)
+			printf("%s\n", msg);
 		strbuf_addf(&reflog_message, "%s: %s",
 			getenv("GIT_REFLOG_ACTION"), msg);
 	}
 	if (squash) {
 		squash_message();
 	} else {
-		if (!merge_msg.len)
+		if (verbosity >= 0 && !merge_msg.len)
 			printf("No merge message -- not updating HEAD\n");
 		else {
 			const char *argv_gc_auto[] = { "gc", "--auto", NULL };
@@ -872,6 +876,8 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_merge_options,
 			builtin_merge_usage, 0);
+	if (verbosity < 0)
+		show_diffstat = 0;
 
 	if (squash) {
 		if (!allow_fast_forward)
@@ -1013,10 +1019,11 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		strcpy(hex, find_unique_abbrev(head, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 
-		printf("Updating %s..%s\n",
-			hex,
-			find_unique_abbrev(remoteheads->item->object.sha1,
-			DEFAULT_ABBREV));
+		if (verbosity >= 0)
+			printf("Updating %s..%s\n",
+				hex,
+				find_unique_abbrev(remoteheads->item->object.sha1,
+				DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 		strbuf_addstr(&msg, "Fast forward");
 		if (have_message)
 			strbuf_addstr(&msg,