I'm trying to simulate the output that comes at the end of the merge: $ git merge origin/master Updating f682676..b37ad77 Fast-forward MODULES | 3 +- Makefile.patch82 | 2 +- bin/subs.sh | 43 +++- ... status.sh | 14 +- whatsnew.sh | 15 + 12 files changed, 636 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) create mode 100755 bin/git-what-branch create mode 100644 bin/git-what-branch.readme create mode 100755 whatsnew.sh $ That is, I want to run a command that will show me the above output without doing the merge. This is close, but not quite: $ git log --summary --stat origin/master ^HEAD Are there arguments to git log that can do what I want? Thanks. -- 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