Configuring pull request merges

You can allow contributors with push access to your repository to merge their pull requests with different merge options or enforce a specific merge method for all of your repository's pull requests.

You can enforce, allow, or disable merging with a merge commit for all pull request merges on GitHub.com in your repository.

You can enforce, allow, or disable commit squashing for all pull request merges on GitHub.com in your repository.

You can enforce, allow, or disable commit rebasing for all pull request merges on GitHub in your repository.

You can increase development velocity with a merge queue for pull requests in your repository.

You can give users the ability to always update a pull request branch when it is not up to date with the base branch.

You can allow or disallow auto-merge for pull requests in your repository.

You can have head branches automatically deleted after pull requests are merged in your repository.