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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt8
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
index 6793d8fc05..6f28812f38 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log]
+'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--into-name <branch>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log]
'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] -F <file>
DESCRIPTION
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ OPTIONS
Use <message> instead of the branch names for the first line
of the log message. For use with `--log`.
+--into-name <branch>::
+ Prepare the merge message as if merging to the branch `<branch>`,
+ instead of the name of the real branch to which the merge is made.
+
-F <file>::
--file <file>::
Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index e4f3352eb5..ed0990621f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [--[no-]edit]
[--no-verify] [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<keyid>]]
[--[no-]allow-unrelated-histories]
- [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [-F <file>] [<commit>...]
+ [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [-F <file>]
+ [--into-name <branch>] [<commit>...]
'git merge' (--continue | --abort | --quit)
DESCRIPTION
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
invocations. The automated message can include the branch description.
+--into-name <branch>::
+ Prepare the default merge message as if merging to the branch
+ `<branch>`, instead of the name of the real branch to which
+ the merge is made.
+
-F <file>::
--file=<file>::
Read the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in