Just like with regular `pick` commands, if we are trying to recreate a merge commit, we now test whether the parents of said commit match HEAD and the commits to be merged, and fast-forward if possible. This is not only faster, but also avoids unnecessary proliferation of new objects. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- sequencer.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c index 567cfcbbe8b..a96255426e7 100644 --- a/sequencer.c +++ b/sequencer.c @@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@ static int do_merge(struct commit *commit, const char *arg, int arg_len, struct commit *head_commit, *merge_commit, *i; struct commit_list *common, *j, *reversed = NULL; struct merge_options o; - int ret; + int can_fast_forward, ret; static struct lock_file lock; for (merge_arg_len = 0; merge_arg_len < arg_len; merge_arg_len++) @@ -2151,6 +2151,14 @@ static int do_merge(struct commit *commit, const char *arg, int arg_len, return error(_("Cannot merge without a current revision")); } + /* + * If HEAD is not identical to the parent of the original merge commit, + * we cannot fast-forward. + */ + can_fast_forward = commit && commit->parents && + !oidcmp(&commit->parents->item->object.oid, + &head_commit->object.oid); + strbuf_addf(&ref_name, "refs/rewritten/%.*s", merge_arg_len, arg); merge_commit = lookup_commit_reference_by_name(ref_name.buf); if (!merge_commit) { @@ -2164,6 +2172,17 @@ static int do_merge(struct commit *commit, const char *arg, int arg_len, rollback_lock_file(&lock); return -1; } + + if (can_fast_forward && commit->parents->next && + !commit->parents->next->next && + !oidcmp(&commit->parents->next->item->object.oid, + &merge_commit->object.oid)) { + strbuf_release(&ref_name); + rollback_lock_file(&lock); + return fast_forward_to(&commit->object.oid, + &head_commit->object.oid, 0, opts); + } + write_message(oid_to_hex(&merge_commit->object.oid), GIT_SHA1_HEXSZ, git_path_merge_head(), 0); write_message("no-ff", 5, git_path_merge_mode(), 0); -- 2.15.1.windows.2.1430.ga56c4f9e2a9