Merge branch 'jc/merge-detached-head-name'

The default merge message prepared by "git merge" records the name
of the current branch; the name can be overridden with a new option
to allow users to pretend a merge is made on a different branch.

* jc/merge-detached-head-name:
  merge: allow to pretend a merge is made into a different branch

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fmt-merge-msg.c b/fmt-merge-msg.c
index e4f7810be2..e5c0aff2bf 100644
--- a/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -650,12 +650,15 @@ int fmt_merge_msg(struct strbuf *in, struct strbuf *out,
 
 	memset(&merge_parents, 0, sizeof(merge_parents));
 
-	/* get current branch */
+	/* learn the commit that we merge into and the current branch name */
 	current_branch = current_branch_to_free =
 		resolve_refdup("HEAD", RESOLVE_REF_READING, &head_oid, NULL);
 	if (!current_branch)
 		die("No current branch");
-	if (starts_with(current_branch, "refs/heads/"))
+
+	if (opts->into_name)
+		current_branch = opts->into_name;
+	else if (starts_with(current_branch, "refs/heads/"))
 		current_branch += 11;
 
 	find_merge_parents(&merge_parents, in, &head_oid);