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authorDavid Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>2014-01-15 15:18:38 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2014-01-15 16:01:06 -0800
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pull: add pull.ff configuration
Add a `pull.ff` configuration option that is analogous to the `merge.ff` option. This allows us to control the fast-forward behavior for pull-initiated merges only. Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -1877,6 +1877,16 @@ pretty.<name>::
Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
will be silently ignored.
+pull.ff::
+ By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging
+ a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the
+ tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded. When set to `false`,
+ this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such
+ a case (equivalent to giving the `--no-ff` option from the command
+ line). When set to `only`, only such fast-forward merges are
+ allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
+ command line).
+
pull.rebase::
When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git