Add squash merges option for editorial workflow

.all-contributorsrc

@@ -672,7 +672,8 @@
       "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/357379?v=4",
       "profile": "http://chrisswithinbank.net/",
       "contributions": [
-        "doc"
+        "doc",
+        "code"
       ]
     },
     {

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src/backends/git-gateway/implementation.js

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export default class GitGateway extends GitHubBackend {
           branch: this.branch,
           tokenPromise: this.tokenPromise,
           commitAuthor: pick(userData, ["name", "email"]),
+          squash_merges: this.squash_merges,
         });
         return userData;
       } else {

src/backends/github/API.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export default class API {
     this.branch = config.branch || "master";
     this.repo = config.repo || "";
     this.repoURL = `/repos/${ this.repo }`;
+    this.merge_method = config.squash_merges ? "squash" : "merge";
   }
 
   user() {
@@ -635,6 +636,7 @@ export default class API {
       body: JSON.stringify({
         commit_message: "Automatically generated. Merged on Netlify CMS.",
         sha: headSha,
+        merge_method: this.merge_method,
       }),
     })
     .catch((error) => {

src/backends/github/implementation.js

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export default class GitHub {
     this.branch = config.getIn(["backend", "branch"], "master").trim();
     this.api_root = config.getIn(["backend", "api_root"], "https://api.github.com");
     this.token = '';
+    this.squash_merges = config.getIn(["backend", "squash_merges"]);
   }
 
   authComponent() {
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export default class GitHub {
 
   authenticate(state) {
     this.token = state.token;
-    this.api = new API({ token: this.token, branch: this.branch, repo: this.repo, api_root: this.api_root });
+    this.api = new API({ token: this.token, branch: this.branch, repo: this.repo, api_root: this.api_root, squash_merges: this.squash_merges });
     return this.api.user().then(user =>
       this.api.hasWriteAccess().then((isCollab) => {
         // Unauthorized user

website/site/content/docs/beta-features.md

@@ -77,3 +77,14 @@ import styles from '!css-loader!sass-loader!../main.scss'
 CMS.registerPreviewStyle(styles.toString(), { raw: true })
 ```
 
+## Squash merge GitHub pull requests
+When using the [Editorial Workflow](/docs/configuration-options/#publish-mode) with the `github` or `git-gateway` backends, Netlify CMS creates a pull request for each unpublished entry. Every time the unpublished entry is changed and saved, a new commit is added to the pull request. When the entry is published, the pull request is merged, and all of those commits are added to your project commit history in a merge commit.
+
+The squash merge option causes all commits to be "squashed" into a single commit when the pull request is merged, and the resulting commit is rebased onto the target branch, avoiding the merge commit altogether.
+
+To enable this feature, you can set the following option in your `config.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+backend:
+  squash_merges: true
+```