Merge branch 'jc/merge-detached-head-name'

The default merge message prepared by "git merge" records the name
of the current branch; the name can be overridden with a new option
to allow users to pretend a merge is made on a different branch.

* jc/merge-detached-head-name:
  merge: allow to pretend a merge is made into a different branch
This commit is contained in:
Junio C Hamano
2022-01-05 14:01:29 -08:00
7 changed files with 67 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ int cmd_fmt_merge_msg(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
{
const char *inpath = NULL;
const char *message = NULL;
char *into_name = NULL;
int shortlog_len = -1;
struct option options[] = {
{ OPTION_INTEGER, 0, "log", &shortlog_len, N_("n"),
@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ int cmd_fmt_merge_msg(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
DEFAULT_MERGE_LOG_LEN },
OPT_STRING('m', "message", &message, N_("text"),
N_("use <text> as start of message")),
OPT_STRING(0, "into-name", &into_name, N_("name"),
N_("use <name> instead of the real target branch")),
OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &inpath, N_("file to read from")),
OPT_END()
};
@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ int cmd_fmt_merge_msg(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
opts.add_title = !message;
opts.credit_people = 1;
opts.shortlog_len = shortlog_len;
opts.into_name = into_name;
ret = fmt_merge_msg(&input, &output, &opts);
if (ret)

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@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ static int signoff;
static const char *sign_commit;
static int autostash;
static int no_verify;
static char *into_name;
static struct strategy all_strategy[] = {
{ "recursive", NO_TRIVIAL },
@ -286,6 +287,8 @@ static struct option builtin_merge_options[] = {
{ OPTION_LOWLEVEL_CALLBACK, 'F', "file", &merge_msg, N_("path"),
N_("read message from file"), PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
NULL, 0, option_read_message },
OPT_STRING(0, "into-name", &into_name, N_("name"),
N_("use <name> instead of the real target")),
OPT__VERBOSITY(&verbosity),
OPT_BOOL(0, "abort", &abort_current_merge,
N_("abort the current in-progress merge")),
@ -1121,6 +1124,7 @@ static void prepare_merge_message(struct strbuf *merge_names, struct strbuf *mer
opts.add_title = !have_message;
opts.shortlog_len = shortlog_len;
opts.credit_people = (0 < option_edit);
opts.into_name = into_name;
fmt_merge_msg(merge_names, merge_msg, &opts);
if (merge_msg->len)