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[PATCH v6 3/3] merge: Make 'merge.log' an integer or boolean option

From
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 25, 2010, 10:48 UTC
Message-ID
<1282733330-32334-4-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1282733330-32334-1-git-send-email-artagnon@gmail.com>

Make 'merge.log' an integer or boolean option to set the number of shortlog entries to display in the merge commit. Note that it defaults to false, and that true means a default value of 20. Also update corresponding documentation.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Thanks-to: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Thanks-to: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
---
 Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt |    6 ++++--
 Documentation/merge-config.txt      |    6 ++++--
 builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c             |   14 +++++---------
 builtin/merge.c                     |    8 ++++++--
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
index f04a9ff..40dba8c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
@@ -54,8 +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
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
index b72f533..92772e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ merge.conflictstyle::
 	marker and the original text before the `=======` marker.
 
 merge.log::
-	Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
-	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.renameLimit::
 	The number of files to consider when performing rename detection
diff --git a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
index ec933df..b61416e 100644
--- a/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -15,15 +15,11 @@ static int shortlog_len;
 
 static int fmt_merge_msg_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
 {
-	static int found_merge_log = 0;
-	if (!strcmp("merge.log", key)) {
-		found_merge_log = 1;
-		shortlog_len = git_config_bool(key, value) ? DEFAULT_MERGE_LOG_LEN : 0;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	if (!found_merge_log && !strcmp("merge.summary", key)) {
-		shortlog_len = git_config_bool(key, value) ? DEFAULT_MERGE_LOG_LEN : 0;
-		return 0;
+	if (!strcmp(key, "merge.log") || !strcmp(key, "merge.summary")) {
+		int is_bool;
+		shortlog_len = git_config_bool_or_int(key, value, &is_bool);
+		if (is_bool && shortlog_len)
+			shortlog_len = DEFAULT_MERGE_LOG_LEN;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index b067b84..45ff6d6 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -507,8 +507,12 @@ static int git_merge_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 		return git_config_string(&pull_twohead, k, v);
 	else if (!strcmp(k, "pull.octopus"))
 		return git_config_string(&pull_octopus, k, v);
-	else if (!strcmp(k, "merge.log") || !strcmp(k, "merge.summary"))
-		shortlog_len = git_config_bool(k, v) ? DEFAULT_MERGE_LOG_LEN : 0;
+	else if (!strcmp(k, "merge.log") || !strcmp(k, "merge.summary")) {
+		int is_bool;
+		shortlog_len = git_config_bool_or_int(k, v, &is_bool);
+		if (is_bool && shortlog_len)
+			shortlog_len = DEFAULT_MERGE_LOG_LEN;
+	}
 	else if (!strcmp(k, "merge.renormalize"))
 		option_renormalize = git_config_bool(k, v);
 	return git_diff_ui_config(k, v, cb);
-- 
1.7.2.2.409.gdbb11.dirty
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  1. 0/3 rr/fmt-merge-msg replacementRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 25, 2010
  2. 1/3 fmt_merge_msg: Change fmt_merge_msg API to accept shortlog_lenRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 25, 2010
  3. 2/3 merge: Make '--log' an integer option for number of shortlog entriesRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 25, 2010
  4. 3/3 merge: Make 'merge.log' an integer or boolean optionRamkumar Ramachandra, Aug 25, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2010
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 26, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2010

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