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' [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD 13'git fmt-merge-msg' [--log | --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:: 28 In addition to branch names, populate the log message with 29 one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being 30 merged. 31 32--no-log:: 33 Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being 34 merged. 35 36--summary:: 37--no-summary:: 38 Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be 39 removed in the future. 40 41-F <file>:: 42--file <file>:: 43 Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of 44 stdin. 45 46CONFIGURATION 47------------- 48 49merge.log:: 50 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly 51 merge commit messages. False by default. 52 53merge.summary:: 54 Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in 55 the future. 56 57SEE ALSO 58-------- 59linkgit:git-merge[1] 60 61 62Author 63------ 64Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 65 66Documentation 67-------------- 68Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 69 70GIT 71--- 72Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite