SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git fmt-merge-msg' [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
-'git fmt-merge-msg' [--log | --no-log] -F <file>
+'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
+'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] -F <file>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Takes the list of merged objects on stdin and produces a suitable
commit message to be used for the merge commit, usually to be
-passed as the '<merge-message>' argument of 'git-merge'.
+passed as the '<merge-message>' argument of 'git merge'.
-This script is intended mostly for internal use by scripts
-automatically invoking 'git-merge'.
+This command is intended mostly for internal use by scripts
+automatically invoking 'git merge'.
OPTIONS
-------
---log::
+--log[=<n>]::
In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
- merged.
+ merged. At most <n> commits from each merge parent will be
+ used (20 if <n> is omitted). This overrides the `merge.log`
+ configuration variable.
--no-log::
Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being
Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be
removed in the future.
+-m <message>::
+--message <message>::
+ Use <message> instead of the branch names for the first line
+ of the log message. For use with `--log`.
+
-F <file>::
--file <file>::
Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of
CONFIGURATION
-------------
+merge.branchdesc::
+ In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
+ the branch description text associated with them. Defaults
+ to false.
+
merge.log::
- Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly
- merge commit messages. False by default.
+ In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at
+ most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the
+ actual commits that are being merged. Defaults to false, and
+ true is a synonym for 20.
merge.summary::
Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in
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linkgit:git-merge[1]
-
-Author
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-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite