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# Merge Message templates

**Table of Contents**

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## File names

Possible file names for PR default merge message templates:

- `.gitea/default_merge_message/MERGE_TEMPLATE.md`
- `.gitea/default_merge_message/REBASE_TEMPLATE.md`
- `.gitea/default_merge_message/REBASE-MERGE_TEMPLATE.md`
- `.gitea/default_merge_message/SQUASH_TEMPLATE.md`
- `.gitea/default_merge_message/MANUALLY-MERGED_TEMPLATE.md`
- `.gitea/default_merge_message/REBASE-UPDATE-ONLY_TEMPLATE.md`

## Variables

You can use the following variables enclosed in `${}` inside these templates which follow [os.Expand](https://pkg.go.dev/os#Expand) syntax:

- BaseRepoOwnerName: Base repository owner name of this pull request
- BaseRepoName: Base repository name of this pull request
- BaseBranch: Base repository target branch name of this pull request
- HeadRepoOwnerName: Head repository owner name of this pull request
- HeadRepoName: Head repository name of this pull request
- HeadBranch: Head repository branch name of this pull request
- PullRequestTitle: Pull request's title
- PullRequestDescription: Pull request's description
- PullRequestPosterName: Pull request's poster name
- PullRequestIndex: Pull request's index number
- PullRequestReference: Pull request's reference char with index number. i.e. #1, !2
- ClosingIssues: return a string contains all issues which will be closed by this pull request i.e. `close #1, close #2`