From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:02:14 GMT
Subject: Re: Bug: Since Git 2.13.2 git rebase autostash doesn't use fast-forward (poor performance)
Message-ID: <xmqqvanh324p.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <OF6AC13578.F02B79FA-ONC125814C.004DD247-C125814C.00500A93@dakosy.de>

neuling@dakosy.de writes:

> since the latest version 2.13.2 "git pull --rebase --autostash" doesn't 
> use a fast forward if possible. 

This may not be a bug but instead a fix made deliberately.

cf. http://public-inbox.org/git/CAAZatrCaoB7EXVrCvC9RKmO02G5xcp8GPBaJefHfv7zAXVpL3Q@mail.gmail.com/

A deciding excerpt from the thread was:

> Correctness must trump optimizations

Patches to further update and resurrect the optimization without
breaking correctness of course are of course very much welcomed.

Thanks.