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 --[no-]summary::
  39         Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be
  40         removed in the future.
  41
  42 -m <message>::
  43 --message <message>::
  44         Use <message> instead of the branch names for the first line
  45         of the log message.  For use with `--log`.
  46
  47 -F <file>::
  48 --file <file>::
  49         Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of
  50         stdin.
  51
  52 CONFIGURATION
  53 -------------
  54
  55 merge.branchdesc::
  56         In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
  57         the branch description text associated with them.  Defaults
  58         to false.
  59
  60 merge.log::
  61         In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at
  62         most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the
  63         actual commits that are being merged.  Defaults to false, and
  64         true is a synonym for 20.
  65
  66 merge.summary::
  67         Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in
  68         the future.
  69
  70 SEE ALSO
  71 --------
  72 linkgit:git-merge[1]
  73
  74 GIT
  75 ---
  76 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite