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



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

SYNOPSIS
       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.


       This command is intended mostly for internal use by scripts
       automatically invoking git merge.


OPTIONS
       --log[=<n>]
              In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
              one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
              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
              merged.


       --summary, --no-summary
              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 stdin.


CONFIGURATION
       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




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