Documentation / git-fmt-merge-msg.txton commit Update draft release notes to 1.8.3 (c17b651)
   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