From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 20:03:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] disable merge summaries if they are disabled
Message-ID: <7vd50r2tpa.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070523195823.GA2554@steel.home>

Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

> Junio C Hamano, Wed, May 23, 2007 20:22:57 +0200:
>> "Alex Riesen" <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Otherwise the merge.summary option has no visible effect.
>> 
>> I suspect you are mistaking a different merge summary.  The
>> option affects fmt-merge-msg, iow, the shortlog looking summary
>> that appears as the commit message in a merge commit.
>> 
>> The command line parameter --no-summary inhibits the diffstat
>> given to the terminal after "git-pull/git-merge" is made.
>> 
>
> I did it again, didn't I?! :)

You could argue that it is not your fault but is a faulty and
misleading documentation, if you supply a patch to clarify it
;-).