How to merge two branches from a separate branch

Question

We have branch A, branch B, and branch C.

Currently I'm on branch C.

               A1 ----- A2
              /
             /  B1 -------- B2
            /  /
- M1 ----- M2 ------ M3 ---------------
            \
             C1 ---- C2
                      ^HEAD

Is it possible to merge branch A into branch B without leaving branch C?

possible duplicate of [Merge, update, and pull Git branches without using checkouts](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3216360/merge-update-and-pull-git-branches-without-using-checkouts) — Nick Volynkin, May 17 '15 at 07:42
Could you elaborate on why it is important that you don't change branches to merge? — Ben Campbell, May 18 '15 at 02:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 17 '15 at 06:41

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In git you would just go into either A or B, merge and go back to working on C again:

git checkout B
git merge A
git checkout C

answered May 17 '15 at 06:41

Mattias

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