git-fmt-merge-msg(1)

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NAME

6       git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message
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SYNOPSIS

9       git fmt-merge-msg [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
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DESCRIPTION

14       Takes the list of merged objects on stdin and produces a suitable
15       commit message to be used for the merge commit, usually to be passed as
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18       This command is intended mostly for internal use by scripts
19       automatically invoking git merge.
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OPTIONS

22       --log[=<n>]
23           In addition to branch names, populate the log message with one-line
24           descriptions from the actual commits that are being merged. At most
25           <n> commits from each merge parent will be used (20 if <n> is
26           omitted). This overrides the merge.log configuration variable.
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29           Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being
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33           Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be
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36       -m <message>, --message <message>
37           Use <message> instead of the branch names for the first line of the
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CONFIGURATION

44       merge.log
45           In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at most
46           the specified number of one-line descriptions from the actual
47           commits that are being merged. Defaults to false, and true is a
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51           Synonym to merge.log; this is deprecated and will be removed in the
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AUTHOR

58       Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com[1]>
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DOCUMENTATION

61       Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list
62       <git@vger.kernel.org[2]>.
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GIT

65       Part of the git(1) suite
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NOTES

68        1. gitster@pobox.com
69           mailto:gitster@pobox.com
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71        2. git@vger.kernel.org
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