On Mon, Jul 05 2021, Felipe Contreras wrote: > Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > builtin/merge.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c > index a8a843b1f5..05e631229d 100644 > --- a/builtin/merge.c > +++ b/builtin/merge.c > @@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > } > > if (fast_forward == FF_ONLY) > - die(_("Not possible to fast-forward, aborting.")); > + die(_("unable to fast-forward")); I read the existing message a bit more like "this makes no sense anymore" (correct) and the latter more like "we encountered an error". Perhaps something like: "Can't merge X with Y, in --ff-only mode, would need to create a merge commit", tip_name