1git-fmt-merge-msg(1) 2==================== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11[verse] 12git-fmt-merge-msg [--summary | --no-summary] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD 13git-fmt-merge-msg [--summary | --no-summary] -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 script is intended mostly for internal use by scripts 22automatically invoking `git-merge`. 23 24OPTIONS 25------- 26 27--summary:: 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-summary:: 33 Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being 34 merged. 35 36--file <file>, -F <file>:: 37 Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of 38 stdin. 39 40CONFIGURATION 41------------- 42 43merge.summary:: 44 Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly 45 merge commit messages. False by default. 46 47SEE ALSO 48-------- 49linkgit:git-merge[1] 50 51 52Author 53------ 54Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 55 56Documentation 57-------------- 58Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 59 60GIT 61--- 62Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite