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--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 53CONFIGURATION 54------------- 55 56merge.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 61merge.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 67merge.summary:: 68 Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in 69 the future. 70 71SEE ALSO 72-------- 73linkgit:git-merge[1] 74 75GIT 76--- 77Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite