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[PATCH] git-merge: record merge strategy in the log message on auto resolved merges

From
Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
Date
Jun 6, 2007, 08:24 UTC
Message-ID
<20070606082428.10588.qmail@3eecbb0978967b.315fe32.mid.smarden.org>

If a strategy module auto resolved the merge cleanly, record the used strategy in the log message, e.g.:

  Merge branch 'maint' using strategy ours
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>
---
I personally find this useful especially for the 'ours' strategy.
 git-merge.sh |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index 981d69d..b661f74 100755
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ done
 if test '' != "$result_tree"
 then
     parents=$(git-show-branch --independent "$head" "$@" | sed -e 's/^/-p /')
-    result_commit=$(printf '%s\n' "$merge_msg" | git-commit-tree $result_tree $parents) || exit
+    result_commit=$(printf '%s\n' "$merge_msg using strategy $wt_strategy" |
+	git-commit-tree $result_tree $parents) || exit
     finish "$result_commit" "Merge made by $wt_strategy."
     dropsave
     exit 0
-- 
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  1. git-merge: record merge strategy in the log message on auto resolved mergesGerrit Pape, Jun 6, 2007

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