From: Thomas Koutcher <thomas.koutcher@xxxxxxxxx>
When `merge.ff` is set to `only` in .gitconfig, `git subtree pull` will
fail with error `fatal: Not possible to fast-forward, aborting.`. This
fix ignores the `merge.ff` setting when using `git merge` within subtree.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Koutcher <thomas.koutcher@xxxxxxxxx>
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subtree: ignore merge.ff setting
When merge.ff is set to only in .gitconfig, git subtree pull will fail
with error fatal: Not possible to fast-forward, aborting.. This fix
ignores the merge.ff setting when using git merge within subtree.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Koutcher thomas.koutcher@xxxxxxxxx
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1139%2Fkoutcher%2Fsubtree-merge-ff-fix-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1139/koutcher/subtree-merge-ff-fix-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1139
contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
index 7f767b5c38f..de918d9fb05 100755
--- a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
+++ b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
@@ -976,10 +976,10 @@ cmd_merge () {
if test -n "$arg_addmerge_message"
then
- git merge -Xsubtree="$arg_prefix" \
+ git -c merge.ff= merge -Xsubtree="$arg_prefix" \
--message="$arg_addmerge_message" "$rev"
else
- git merge -Xsubtree="$arg_prefix" $rev
+ git -c merge.ff= merge -Xsubtree="$arg_prefix" $rev
fi
}
base-commit: 5fbd2fc5997dfa4d4593a862fe729b1e7a89bcf8
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