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

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MFMarvin Fraeman <marvin.fraeman@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 4, 2008, 00:05 UTC
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On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> 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/./?/

Where do I do the substitution in this case? I don't know where this default commit message is coming from and where to intercept it. Are you saying this is part of the post-merge hook or is that an alternative solution?

Thank you
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  1. Marvin FraemanJun 3, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinJun 3, 2008
  3. Marvin FraemanJun 4, 2008
  4. Stephan BeyerJun 4, 2008

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