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SYNOPSIS
git fmt-merge-msg [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] git fmt-merge-msg [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] -F <file>
DESCRIPTION
Takes the list of merged objects on stdin and produces a suitable commit message to be used for the merge commit, usually to be passed as the <merge-message> argument of git merge.
This command is intended mostly for internal use by scripts automatically invoking git merge.
OPTIONS
- --log[=<n>]
-
In addition to branch names, populate the log message with one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being merged. At most <n> commits from each merge parent will be used (20 if <n> is omitted). This overrides the
merge.logconfiguration variable. - --no-log
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Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being merged.
- --[no-]summary
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Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be removed in the future.
- -m <message>
- --message <message>
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Use <message> instead of the branch names for the first line of the log message. For use with
--log. - -F <file>
- --file <file>
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Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of stdin.
CONFIGURATION
- merge.branchdesc
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In addition to branch names, populate the log message with the branch description text associated with them. Defaults to false.
- merge.log
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In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being merged. Defaults to false, and true is a synonym for 20.
- merge.summary
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Synonym to
merge.log; this is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
EXAMPLE
$ git fetch origin master $ git fmt-merge-msg --log <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
Print a log message describing a merge of the "master" branch from the "origin" remote.
GIT
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