Previously, --log didn't have any effect if a message was specified with -m. This allows one to create commit messages like: Merge in new feature * commit c2: c2's message Contents: [PATCH 1/8] t7604-merge-custom-message: shift expected output creation [PATCH 2/8] t7604-merge-custom-message: show that --log doesn't append to -m [PATCH 3/8] merge: update comment [PATCH 4/8] merge: rename variable [PATCH 5/8] fmt-merge-msg: minor refactor of fmt_merge_msg() [PATCH 6/8] fmt-merge-msg: refactor merge title formatting [PATCH 7/8] fmt-merge-msg: add function to append shortlog only [PATCH 8/8] merge: --log appends shortlog to message if specified Documentation/git-merge.txt | 7 +++- builtin.h | 1 + builtin/fmt-merge-msg.c | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- builtin/merge.c | 20 ++++++---- t/t7604-merge-custom-message.sh | 24 ++++++++++-- 5 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html