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 -- 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