> Re substance, I am wondering if "In such a case" might be better, by > the way. That is: > > A fast-forward is a special type of <<def_merge,merge>> where you have a > <<def_revision,revision>> and you are "merging" another > <<def_branch,branch>>'s changes that happen to be a descendant of what > - you have. In such these cases, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>> > + you have. In such a case, you do not make a new <<def_merge,merge>> > <<def_commit,commit>> but instead just update to his > revision. This will happen frequently on a > > It is not like there are multiple variants of "fast-forward" > situations, in all of which the HEAD pointer is just moved without > creating a new commit. There is only one variant of "fast-forward". That's correct. Your suggestion makes more sense. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html