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merge.log::
- Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly
- merge commit messages. False by default.
+ 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 synoym for 20.
merge.summary::
Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in