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Re: How do I control the automated commit message on a merge?

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jun 3, 2008, 22:51 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0806032350170.13507@racer.site.net>
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Hi,
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Marvin Fraeman wrote:
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> when Git does a merge (no conflicts), it auto-generates a commit message 
> like:
> 
>         Merge branch 'master' of  /path/to/other/repo
> 
> How can I change this so my required string gets written at the
> beginning of the commit message.
s/./?/

You might be happy with a post-merge hook amending the commit with a completely different message.

Hth, Dscho

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