1git-fmt-merge-msg(1) 2==================== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 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 15DESCRIPTION 16----------- 17Takes the list of merged objects on stdin and produces a suitable 18commit message to be used for the merge commit, usually to be 19passed as the '<merge-message>' argument of 'git merge'. 20 21This command is intended mostly for internal use by scripts 22automatically invoking 'git merge'. 23 24OPTIONS 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 52CONFIGURATION 53------------- 54 55merge.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 60merge.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 66merge.summary:: 67 Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in 68 the future. 69 70SEE ALSO 71-------- 72linkgit:git-merge[1] 73 74GIT 75--- 76Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite