Re: [PATCH] git-merge: make it usable as the first class UI

"Horst H. von Brand" [off-list ref] writes:

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Most notably, $commit above can be any committish, so you can
say for example:

	git merge js/shortlog~2

to merge early part of a topic branch without merging the rest
of it.

"Early part", i.e., branch js/shortlog up to js/shortlog~2 or just that one
commit?

"Early part up to that commit" -- this is not a cherry pick.

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A custom merge message can be given with the new --message=<msg>
parameter.  The message is prepended in front of the usual
"Merge ..." message autogenerated with fmt-merge-message.

Why not -m too (consistency!)?

That form also is accepted, I think.