How to save commit changes without editing when doing a merge in a script?

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I wonder how to add in my basic script some commands with nano, Ctrl-O, Enter, Ctrl-X, Enter. You can see what I want at the end of the script. It is after git merge, I just need to save commit changes (formality)

#!/bin/bash

## Set Local Rebase ##
git config pull.rebase true

## Update OpenWRT Scripts
./scripts/feeds update -a
./scripts/feeds install -a

## 5.4 kernel
git remote add wrt https://github.com/james/openwrt.git
git fetch james
git checkout -b wrt james/kernel5.4-qsdk10.0
git checkout master
git merge wrt
*ctrl o*
*enter*
*ctrl x*
*enter*

What do these commands achieve in nano? Do I understand correctly that you want to save the file without editing it and exit nano? — mkrieger1
– mkrieger1, Commented Feb 11, 2022 at 23:58
This is not impossible, but would be a lot of work, since application usually won't be running interactively in a script. Could you tell us more about why you want to do that? This seems like an instance of the XY problem. — Leonardo Dagnino
– Leonardo Dagnino, Commented Feb 11, 2022 at 23:58
Consider taking a look at the git merge man page and thinking about how you could use options like --no-edit. — larsks
– larsks, Commented Feb 11, 2022 at 23:59
thanks guys, yes it is after git merge, I just need to save commit changes (formality) — James78
– James78, Commented Feb 12, 2022 at 0:01
Does this answer your question? stop git merge from opening text editor — mkrieger1
– mkrieger1, Commented Feb 12, 2022 at 0:08

Leonardo Dagnino · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-12 00:18:50Z

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Instead of having to interact with your editor to set the merge commit message, you can use the -m flag to specify a commit message without opening an editor, or the --no-edit to accept the default message. You can also use git fmt-merge-msg to help generate a message to pass to -m, but that's a bit harder.

Using --no-edit:

git merge --no-edit

Using -m:

git merge -m "automated merge by my script"

answered Feb 12, 2022 at 0:18

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