Philip Oakley wrote: > On 21/06/2021 18:52, Felipe Contreras wrote: > > --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt > > @@ -41,16 +41,41 @@ Assume the following history exists and the current branch is > > ------------ > > A---B---C master on origin > > / > > - D---E---F---G master > > + D---E master > > ^ > > origin/master in your repository > > ------------ > > > > Then "`git pull`" will fetch and replay the changes from the remote > > `master` branch since it diverged from the local `master` (i.e., `E`) > > -until its current commit (`C`) on top of `master` and record the > > -result in a new commit along with the names of the two parent commits > > -and a log message from the user describing the changes. > > +until its current commit (`C`) on top of `master`. > > + > > +After the remote changes have been synchronized, the local `master` will > > +be fast-forwarded to the same commit as the remote one, therefore > > Perhaps s/be fast-forwarded/have been 'fast-forward'ed/ ? No, there's multiple steps: 1. origin/master is synchronizd with master on origin 2. master is fast-forwarded to origin/master So, after 1 is done, 2 will happen. -- Felipe Contreras