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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-10-30 13:07:05 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-10-30 13:07:05 -0700 |
| commit | 7fd4181c661260f10bf8cb3e80489c230205d774 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a90aa5e998b4c572a7340a2c949c9be3bb6a03a /Documentation/user-manual.txt | |
| parent | 0692a6c22c37e07ef07a3d2c5d39deaaa3c26ffe (diff) | |
| parent | b2af4829cc51fc90885948f19f24b76f2670a677 (diff) | |
| download | git-7fd4181c661260f10bf8cb3e80489c230205d774.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'xf/user-manual-ff'
* xf/user-manual-ff:
user-manual: fix the description of fast-forward
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/user-manual.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 764a270c83..1c790ac74a 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -1431,11 +1431,11 @@ differently. Normally, a merge results in a merge commit, with two parents, one pointing at each of the two lines of development that were merged. -However, if the current branch is a descendant of the other--so every -commit present in the one is already contained in the other--then Git -just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved -forward to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new -commits being created. +However, if the current branch is an ancestor of the other--so every commit +present in the current branch is already contained in the other branch--then Git +just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved forward +to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new commits being +created. [[fixing-mistakes]] Fixing mistakes |