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Junio C Hamano 8c80ff362f Document merge.branchdesc configuration variable
This was part of the "branch description" feature in the larger
"help people communicate better during their pull based workflow"
topic, but was never documented.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-02-23 11:20:15 -08:00

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git-fmt-merge-msg(1)
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NAME
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git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'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
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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
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--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.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
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linkgit:git-merge[1]
GIT
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite