sed -i.bak -e 's/^\(Changes since\) [0-9]*:/\1 '"$prev"':/' \
-e 's/^\(Non-merge commits .*:\) [0-9]*/\1 '"$nmc"'/'\
-e 's/^ *[0-9]* files changed,.*$/'"$ss"'/' \
-e 's/^\(I am currently merging\) [0-9]* /\1 '"$ntrees"' /' \
sed -i.bak -e 's/^\(Changes since\) [0-9]*:/\1 '"$prev"':/' \
-e 's/^\(Non-merge commits .*:\) [0-9]*/\1 '"$nmc"'/'\
-e 's/^ *[0-9]* files changed,.*$/'"$ss"'/' \
-e 's/^\(I am currently merging\) [0-9]* /\1 '"$ntrees"' /' \