Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt

   1 git-fmt-merge-msg(1)
   2 ====================
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message
   7
   8
   9 SYNOPSIS
  10 --------
  11 [verse]
  12 'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
  13 'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log | --no-log] -F <file>
  14
  15 DESCRIPTION
  16 -----------
  17 Takes the list of merged objects on stdin and produces a suitable
  18 commit message to be used for the merge commit, usually to be
  19 passed as the '<merge-message>' argument of 'git merge'.
  20
  21 This command is intended mostly for internal use by scripts
  22 automatically invoking 'git merge'.
  23
  24 OPTIONS
  25 -------
  26
  27 --log::
  28         In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
  29         one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
  30         merged.
  31
  32 --no-log::
  33         Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being
  34         merged.
  35
  36 --summary::
  37 --no-summary::
  38         Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be
  39         removed in the future.
  40
  41 -m <message>::
  42 --message <message>::
  43         Use <message> instead of the branch names for the first line
  44         of the log message.  For use with `--log`.
  45
  46 -F <file>::
  47 --file <file>::
  48         Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of
  49         stdin.
  50
  51 CONFIGURATION
  52 -------------
  53
  54 merge.log::
  55         Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly
  56         merge commit messages. False by default.
  57
  58 merge.summary::
  59         Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in
  60         the future.
  61
  62 SEE ALSO
  63 --------
  64 linkgit:git-merge[1]
  65
  66
  67 Author
  68 ------
  69 Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
  70
  71 Documentation
  72 --------------
  73 Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  74
  75 GIT
  76 ---
  77 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite