git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

[PATCH 3/8] Update git-fmt-merge documentation

From
Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net>
Date
Apr 27, 2007, 05:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20070427050920.GB9798@bowser.ruder>
In-Reply-To
<20070427050550.GA9594@bowser.ruder>
Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt:
	--summary to list commit summaries on merge
	--no-summary
	--file to take merged objects from a file.
	Configuration option merge.summary
Signed-off-by: Andrew Ruder <andy@aeruder.net>
---
 Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt |   25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
index a70eb39..e560b30 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-fmt-merge-msg' <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
+git-fmt-merge-msg [--summary | --no-summary] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
+git-fmt-merge-msg [--summary | --no-summray] -F <file>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -19,6 +20,28 @@ passed as the '<merge-message>' argument of `git-merge`.
 This script is intended mostly for internal use by scripts
 automatically invoking `git-merge`.
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+--summary::
+	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
+	one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
+	merged.
+
+--no-summary::
+	Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being
+	merged.
+
+--file <file>, -F <file>::
+	Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of
+	stdin.
+
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+merge.summary::
+	Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly
+	merge commit messages. False by default.
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
-- 
1.5.2.rc0.64.g8476
Previous: Andrew RuderNext: Andrew Ruder
Message 3 of 10 in “Removing -n option from git-diff-files documentation”
  1. 1/8 Removing -n option from git-diff-files documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  2. 2/8 Document additional options for git-fetchAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  3. 3/8 Update git-fmt-merge documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  4. 4/8 Update git-grep documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  5. 5/8 Update -L documentation for git-blame/git-annotateAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  6. 6/8 Update git-http-push documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  7. 7/8 Update git-local-fetch documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  8. 8/8 Update git-http-fetch documentationAndrew Ruder, Apr 27, 2007
  9. Petr BaudisApr 27, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2007

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.