diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index f385b8ac9e759f74b4711bdb93687202c1bc1600..8018a144688541b6ea178e96fe83206209a2902c 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
exit(1);
}
+static const char merge_editor_comment[] =
+N_("Please enter a commit message to explain why this merge is necessary,\n"
+ "especially if it merges an updated upstream into a topic branch.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "Lines starting with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts\n"
+ "the commit.\n");
+
static void prepare_to_commit(void)
{
struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
+ const char *comment = _(merge_editor_comment);
strbuf_addbuf(&msg, &merge_msg);
strbuf_addch(&msg, '\n');
+ if (0 < option_edit)
+ strbuf_add_lines(&msg, "# ", comment, strlen(comment));
write_merge_msg(&msg);
run_hook(get_index_file(), "prepare-commit-msg",
git_path("MERGE_MSG"), "merge", NULL, NULL);