I have a need for the ability to:

1. Include merge commits in the changelog
2. Prevent truncation of commits in the changelog (see also JENKINS-29977 where someone else has the requirement)

The reason for this is that I want to have the following workflow:

• In JIRA create a new feature branch for an issue (the branch name automatically references the issue ID)
• Add code to the branch
• Create pull request for the branch
• Merge the branch
• Build on Jenkins
• Jenkins parses the issue IDs from the feature branch names in the merge commit messages, and updates the issues (with the jira-plugin)

The problem is that the Git plugins exclude merge commits, and truncate the commit messages before the issue ID features in them.

I have forks that implement this feature, and I would like to know if it is worth tidying them up and writing the tests then submitting a PR, or whether my approach in general is not acceptable.
https://github.com/sfhardman/git-plugin/commit/75c735351032626743cfca28fd8a0902ed7e0b3c
https://github.com/sfhardman/git-client-plugin/commit/6de5518f27d735a3d9b02608cda1dd689c925b12

Thanks