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'git merge tag' not working as before

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
May 30, 2012, 18:06 UTC
Message-ID
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Hi,

I used to do things like 'git merge v1.7.10.3' (from v1.7.10.2) but even though it's ff it tries to create a merge commit.

Seems like now I have to run 'git merge v1.7.10.3^0', I don't see why that would be desirable.

I think this is a bug and a regression.
Cheers.
-- 
Felipe Contreras
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