We want users to know what is a fast-forward in order to understand the default warning. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-pull.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 5c3fb67c01..dc812139f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -38,6 +38,20 @@ as set by linkgit:git-branch[1] `--track`. Assume the following history exists and the current branch is "`master`": +------------ + A---B---C master on origin + / + D---E master +------------ + +Then `git pull` will merge in a fast-foward way up to the new master. + +------------ + D---E---A---B---C master, origin/master +------------ + +However, a non-fast-foward case looks very different. + ------------ A---B---C master on origin / -- 2.29.2
