git-fmt-merge-msg(1) Manual Page

git-fmt-merge-msg <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD

Takes the list of merged objects on stdin and produces a suitable commit message to be used for the merge commit, usually to be passed as the <merge-message> argument of git-merge.

This script is intended mostly for internal use by scripts automatically invoking git-merge.

git-merge(1)

Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

Part of the git(7) suite