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 [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
  13 git-fmt-merge-msg [--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 script 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,--no-summary::
  37         Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be
  38         removed in the future.
  39
  40 --file <file>, -F <file>::
  41         Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of
  42         stdin.
  43
  44 CONFIGURATION
  45 -------------
  46
  47 merge.log::
  48         Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly
  49         merge commit messages. False by default.
  50
  51 merge.summary::
  52         Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in
  53         the future.
  54
  55 SEE ALSO
  56 --------
  57 linkgit:git-merge[1]
  58
  59
  60 Author
  61 ------
  62 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  63
  64 Documentation
  65 --------------
  66 Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  67
  68 GIT
  69 ---
  70 Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite