Merge branch 'maint-1.7.8' into maint

[git.git] / builtin / merge.c

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index f385b8ac9e759f74b4711bdb93687202c1bc1600..8018a144688541b6ea178e96fe83206209a2902c 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -885,11 +885,21 @@ static void abort_commit(const char *err_msg)
        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);