From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:51:24 GMT
Subject: Re: How do I control the automated commit message on a merge?
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0806032350170.13507@racer.site.net>
In-Reply-To: <bd2cb52a0806031455r151303achf0424b5320bf2f07@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Marvin Fraeman wrote:

> 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