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authorRamkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>2010-09-08 23:29:54 +0530
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-09-09 11:39:20 -0700
commit96e9420cd357728949571b42eb0249881ae3a78e (patch)
tree5dafb2077c1f0354026229cb9df5ee62ce9ccfe8 /Documentation
parent1876166aaab56056083e6a61de4423d130d4dcc6 (diff)
downloadgit-96e9420cd357728949571b42eb0249881ae3a78e.tar.gz
merge: Make '--log' an integer option for number of shortlog entries
Change the command-line '--log' option from a boolean option to an integer option, and parse the optional integer provided on the command-line into the 'shortlog_len' variable. Also update the documentation accordingly. Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> Reported-by: Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com> Thanks-to: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Thanks-to: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/merge-options.txt6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
index 302f56b889..f04a9ff0e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
-'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log | --no-log] -F <file>
+'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
+'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] -F <file>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ automatically invoking 'git merge'.
OPTIONS
-------
---log::
+--log[=<n>]::
In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
- merged.
+ merged. At most <n> commits from each merge parent will be
+ used (20 if <n> is omitted). This overrides the `merge.log`
+ configuration variable.
--no-log::
Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
index 722d704ff2..e33e0f8e11 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ inspect and further tweak the merge result before committing.
With --no-ff Generate a merge commit even if the merge
resolved as a fast-forward.
---log::
+--log[=<n>]::
--no-log::
In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
- one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
- merged.
+ one-line descriptions from at most <n> actual commits that are being
+ merged. See also linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1].
+
With --no-log do not list one-line descriptions from the
actual commits being merged.