SYNOPSIS
git fmt-merge-msg [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD git fmt-merge-msg [--log | --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.
This command is intended mostly for internal use by scripts automatically invoking git merge.
OPTIONS
- --log
-
In addition to branch names, populate the log message with one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being merged.
- --no-log
-
Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being merged.
- --summary
- --no-summary
-
Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be removed in the future.
- -F <file>
- --file <file>
-
Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of stdin.
CONFIGURATION
- merge.log
-
Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly merge commit messages. False by default.
- merge.summary
-
Synonym to
merge.log
; this is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
SEE ALSO
Author
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
Part of the git(1) suite