This was a feature that I've really wanted for a while. I took a bit of time to morph the most conservative version of forward-merge into pure-shell script:
https://github.com/schuyler1d/git-forward-merge/
Without strong objections, I'm going to try to make this into a patch for core.
cheers, Schuyler Duveen
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> Hi guys! > > I just made two Git scripts of mine open-source: > >https://github.com/cool-RR/git-cascade > <https://github.com/cool-RR/git-cascade> > > This project contains two scripts: > > - git cascade - Cascade changes from each branch to its dependents. > - git forward-merge - Merge branches without checking them out. > > Click the GitHub link above to read all about them. > > > Thanks, > Ram.