GIT-FMT-MERGE-MSG(1) Git Manual GIT-FMT-MERGE-MSG(1)

NAME
       git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message

SYNOPSIS
       git fmt-merge-msg [-m ] [log[=] | no-log] <$GITDIR/FETCHHEAD
       git fmt-merge-msg [-m ] [log[=] | no-log] -F 


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  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. At most
            commits from each merge parent will be used (20 if  is
           omitted). This overrides the merge.log configuration variable.

       no-log
           Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being
           merged.

       [no-]summary
           Synonyms to log and no-log; these are deprecated and will be
           removed in the future.

       -m , message 
           Use  instead of the branch names for the first line of the
           log message. For use with log.

       -F , file 
           Take the list of merged objects from  instead of stdin.

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
           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 the
           future.

SEE ALSO
       git-merge(1)

GIT
       Part of the git(1) suite



Git 1.8.3.1                       11/02/2018              GIT-FMT-MERGE-MSG(1)