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[=<n>] | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
  13 'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --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[=<n>]::
  28         In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
  29         one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
  30         merged.  At most <n> commits from each merge parent will be
  31         used (20 if <n> is omitted).  This overrides the `merge.log`
  32         configuration variable.
  33
  34 --no-log::
  35         Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being
  36         merged.
  37
  38 --summary::
  39 --no-summary::
  40         Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be
  41         removed in the future.
  42
  43 -m <message>::
  44 --message <message>::
  45         Use <message> instead of the branch names for the first line
  46         of the log message.  For use with `--log`.
  47
  48 -F <file>::
  49 --file <file>::
  50         Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of
  51         stdin.
  52
  53 CONFIGURATION
  54 -------------
  55
  56 merge.branchdesc::
  57         In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
  58         the branch description text associated with them.  Defaults
  59         to false.
  60
  61 merge.log::
  62         In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at
  63         most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the
  64         actual commits that are being merged.  Defaults to false, and
  65         true is a synonym for 20.
  66
  67 merge.summary::
  68         Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in
  69         the future.
  70
  71 SEE ALSO
  72 --------
  73 linkgit:git-merge[1]
  74
  75 GIT
  76 ---
  77 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite