git - how to get the full message from git merge --log
git, git-merge
Solution
Note that the `--log` option is actually `--log<=n>` (from `git merge`):
In addition to branch names, populate the log message with one-line descriptions from at most `<n>` actual commits that are being merged. See also `git-fmt-merge-msg`.
So by specifying a large number for `n`, you should see all the commits in the merge log message. By default, only the first 20 commits are listed.
The config setting `merge.log` can also be used to specify that number.
Problem
After using `git merge --log --no-ff --no-commit` or `git merge --log --squash`, a long commit message is created. But the message is cut i.e `...` at the end and does not list all commits. How do I get the full message? I checked the files in `.git/MERGE_HEAD` and `.git/SQUASH_HEAD` and it also contains the short message with `...` Thanks