Re: [PATCH v2 01/14] doc: pull: explain what is a fast-forward
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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
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- Dec 4, 2020, 22:55 UTC
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On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 10:16 PM Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > We want users to know what is a fast-forward in order to understand the > default warning. > > Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> > --- > Documentation/git-pull.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt > index 5c3fb67c01..dc812139f4 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt > @@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ as set by linkgit:git-branch[1] `--track`. > Assume the following history exists and the current branch is > "`master`": > > +------------ > + A---B---C master on origin > + / > + D---E master > +------------ > + > +Then `git pull` will merge in a fast-foward way up to the new master. > + > +------------ > + D---E---A---B---C master, origin/master > +------------ > + > +However, a non-fast-foward case looks very different. > + > ------------ > A---B---C master on origin > / > -- > 2.29.2
Makes sense to me.