From: Miklos Vajna Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:54:46 GMT Subject: Re: [BUG?] git-merge appends extra string to user's message? Message-ID: <20091202155446.GU31763@genesis.frugalware.org> In-Reply-To: <20091202192030.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 07:20:30PM +0900, Nanako Shiraishi wrote: > % git merge -m "Merge early part of side branch" `git rev-parse side~2` > % git show -s > commit 37217141e7519629353738d5e4e677a15096206f > Merge: e68e646 a1d2374 > Author: ???????????? ????????? > Date: Wed Dec 2 14:33:20 2009 +0900 > > Merge early part of side branch > > Merge commit 'a1d2374f8f52f4e8a53171601a920b538a6cec23' At least it's intentional. When I wrote builtin-merge I remember I checked that the script version had this behaviour and that's why I implemented the same way in C.