Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: >> I didn't recall I did it as a regression fix, but as a fix for >> relatively old change that is already in released version(s) in the >> field. If the breakage is new between 2.33.0 and 'master', I think >> it is a good idea to merge it down. > > I can say with conviction that this is a very recent change of behavior, > as I needed this quick-fix on Oct 30: > https://github.com/git-for-windows/build-extra/commit/fb311a97cf82243ea1fe4036f1b180f5a3e6bc7f > > I don't recall the particular details how this fix came about, as it was > the day of -rc0 (and I don't remember whether I needed this _before_ or > _after_ Git for Windows -rc0 was released). All I remember is that an > automated build broke because it created a local commit and then expected > `git pull --ff-only` to succeed (because the remote was not ahead, but it > necessarily was behind the local HEAD). > > The change of behavior might have been introduced by v2.33.1, or by > v2.34.0-rc0. > > So yeah, I would argue that it is a regression introduced in this cycle. Yeah, I was agreeing with you. Together with the simple-ipc thing, we will have two fixes in the final one on top of -rc2; hopefully these would be the last ones ;-) Thanks.