N_("Please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary,\n"
"especially if it merges an updated upstream into a topic branch.\n"
"\n"
- "Lines starting with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts\n"
+ "Lines starting with '%c' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts\n"
"the commit.\n");
static void prepare_to_commit(struct commit_list *remoteheads)
{
struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
- const char *comment = _(merge_editor_comment);
strbuf_addbuf(&msg, &merge_msg);
strbuf_addch(&msg, '\n');
if (0 < option_edit)
- strbuf_add_lines(&msg, "# ", comment, strlen(comment));
+ strbuf_commented_addf(&msg, _(merge_editor_comment), comment_line_char);
write_merge_msg(&msg);
if (run_hook(get_index_file(), "prepare-commit-msg",
git_path("MERGE_MSG"), "merge", NULL, NULL))