From: neuling@dakosy.de
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:18:37 GMT
Subject: git pull --rebase should use fast forward merge if possible
Message-ID: <OF95D98CB6.47969C1C-ONC1257FE1.0058D980-C1257FE1.0059986D@dakosy.de>

Hi, 

since I have added "pull.rebase=preserve" to my global configuration I 
wonder why "git pull" also trys to rebase if a fast forward merge is 
possible. 

A fast forward merge would speed up every pull if your local branch 
contains no new commits and the remote branch is ahead. The result would 
be the same. 

Is it possible to change the behavior of "git pull 
--rebase=true|preserve|interactive" to use a fast forward merge if the 
remote branch is ahead and the local branch contains no new commits? 


Regards, 
Mattias