Add --splice support to merge command

[qu3vipon]

This fixes: #1712

Description

I noticed that no one was actively working on this issue, so I went ahead and implemented support for the --splice option in the merge command.

This change allows merge to operate with non-head revisions by disabling the head-only validation, consistent with the behavior of --splice in revision.

Key points included in this PR:

• Adds --splice support to alembic merge, allowing non-head revisions to be used as merge bases.
• Updates the help text to reflect the new behavior.
• Adds test coverage to validate both the failure case (splice=False) and the successful merge case (splice=True) using non-head revisions.

Let me know if further adjustments or additional tests would be helpful.

Checklist

This pull request is:

• A documentation / typographical error fix
  • Good to go, no issue or tests are needed
• A short code fix
  • please include the issue number, and create an issue if none exists, which
    must include a complete example of the issue. one line code fixes without an
    issue and demonstration will not be accepted.
  • Please include: Fixes: #<issue number> in the commit message
  • please include tests. one line code fixes without tests will not be accepted.
• A new feature implementation
  • please include the issue number, and create an issue if none exists, which must
    include a complete example of how the feature would look.
  • Please include: Fixes: #<issue number> in the commit message
  • please include tests.

Have a nice day!

[CaselIT]

looks ok to me

[sqla-tester]

OK, this is sqla-tester setting up my work on behalf of CaselIT to try to get revision 52bf8a6 of this pull request into gerrit so we can run tests and reviews and stuff

[sqla-tester]

New Gerrit review created for change 52bf8a6: https://gerrit.sqlalchemy.org/c/sqlalchemy/alembic/+/6496

[sqla-tester]

Michael Bayer (zzzeek) wrote:

hi - sorry, another PR for the same feature came along and I forgot that this one was already in the queue from a few months back, this one wasn't passing CI for wahtever reason. thanks for the submission though

View this in Gerrit at https://gerrit.sqlalchemy.org/c/sqlalchemy/alembic/+/6496

[sqla-tester]

Gerrit review https://gerrit.sqlalchemy.org/c/sqlalchemy/alembic/+/6496 has been abandoned. That means that at least for the moment I need to close this pull request. Sorry it didn't work out :(