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Re: edit merge commit message

From
Bill Lear <rael@zopyra.com>
Date
Apr 11, 2008, 17:50 UTC
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<18431.42219.921671.875700@lisa.zopyra.com>
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<20080411171204.GA29738@lapse.madduck.net>
On Friday, April 11, 2008 at 19:12:04 (+0200) martin f krafft writes:
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>Hi folks
>
>Is there any way to edit the message of a merge prior to the commit?
>I see there is an -m option but no --edit or the like. It would also
>make sense to have a config option for this to turn on spawning the
>editor by default, I think...
>
>If there is none, I am willing to take a stab at it. Unless you tell
>me that this will have no chance to go upstream.
% git commit --ammend
Bill
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