At least with Gitlab, the text of the merge request is used for the text of the ...

		gbear605 on Jan 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using Git commit message templates to write better... At least with Gitlab, the text of the merge request is used for the text of the merge commit that’s created when you merge in the changes, so the comments still get added to the Git history.