Question

After using git merge --log --no-ff --no-commit or git merge --log --squash, a long commit message is created.

But the message is cut i.e ... at the end and does not list all commits.

How do I get the full message?

I checked the files in .git/MERGE_HEAD and .git/SQUASH_HEAD and it also contains the short message with ...

Thanks

Answer 1

Note that the --log option is actually --log<=n> (from git merge):

In addition to branch names, populate the log message with one-line descriptions from at most <n> actual commits that are being merged. See also git-fmt-merge-msg.

So by specifying a large number for n, you should see all the commits in the merge log message.
By default, only the first 20 commits are listed.

The config setting merge.log can also be used to specify that number.