mitted separately (see
<a href="git-merge.html">git-merge(1)</a>). At that point, this hook will not be executed,
but the <em>pre-commit</em> hook will, if it is enabled.</p>
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<h3 id="_prepare_commit_msg">prepare-commit-msg</h3>
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<p>This hook is invoked by <a href="git-commit.html">git-commit(1)</a> right after preparing the
default log message, and before the editor is started.</p>
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<p>It takes one to three parameters.  T