<dd>
<p>Use &lt;message&gt; instead of the branch names for the first line
of the log message.  For use with <code>--log</code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">-F &lt;file&gt;</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">--file &lt;file&gt;</dt>
<dd>
<p>Take the list of merged objects from &lt;file&gt; instead of
stdin.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_configuration">CONFIGURATION</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">merge.branchdesc</dt>