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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-06-18 11:16:54 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-06-18 11:16:54 -0700
commit8642abc76454a6e09344e27a7797ff08264abe76 (patch)
treedcdc99515cb5e53795b7777b85b8030fd1f9fbb4 /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'ph/clone-message-reword' (diff)
parentmerge: --log appends shortlog to message if specified (diff)
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Merge branch 'tc/merge-m-log'
* tc/merge-m-log: merge: --log appends shortlog to message if specified fmt-merge-msg: add function to append shortlog only fmt-merge-msg: refactor merge title formatting fmt-merge-msg: minor refactor of fmt_merge_msg() merge: rename variable merge: update comment t7604-merge-custom-message: show that --log doesn't append to -m t7604-merge-custom-message: shift expected output creation Conflicts: builtin.h
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index c2325ef90e..84043cc5b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
-m <msg>::
Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
- case one is created). The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
+ case one is created).
+
+ If `--log` is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged
+ will be appended to the specified message.
+
+ The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
invocations.