Got it, Thanks! I clearly remembered that "using first line" stuff was mentioned in the documentation/progit, but can only find the `git merge` part now. False memory😰. On Fri, Sep 6, 2024 at 3:01 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This is totally expected. FETCH_HEAD is only special to "git > merge". When FETCH_HEAD is used as if it were a ref, everybody else > uses only the first entry. >