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authorJunio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org>2010-09-30 00:04:34 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <junio@kernel.org>2010-09-30 00:04:34 +0000
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@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
-'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log | --no-log] -F <file>
+'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
+'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] -F <file>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ automatically invoking 'git merge'.
OPTIONS
-------
---log::
+--log[=<n>]::
In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
- merged.
+ 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
@@ -52,8 +54,10 @@ CONFIGURATION
-------------
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