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From: Eric Raible <raible@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Preserving branches after merging on ancestor
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:38:03 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20091105T193641-910@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 26217077.post@talk.nabble.com

Richard Lee <richard <at> webdezign.co.uk> writes:

> So I tried using branches for features today. Most of the time I'm the only
> person working on a project. So when I've finished working on a feature
> branch and ready to merge it back into the master branch, the master head IS
> the common ancestor of the two branches. As shown below
> 
> * b6d75f1 [feature] stuff on feature branch
> * 43dba08 stuff on feature branch
> * ab7efdd [master] init
> 
> When I merge the graph looks likes this:
> 
> * b6d75f1 [master] [feature] stuff on feature branch
> * 43dba08 stuff on feature branch
> * ab7efdd init

You're getting a so-called "fast-forward" merge,
which is the default.  Turn it off with:

git merge --no-ff

  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-05 18:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-05 18:30 Preserving branches after merging on ancestor Richard Lee
2009-11-05 18:38 ` Eric Raible [this message]
2009-11-05 22:30 ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-05 23:28   ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-11-06  1:09     ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-06  2:10       ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-11-06  5:03         ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-06 15:21           ` rhlee
2009-11-06 22:52             ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-07  3:41             ` Dilip M
2009-11-07 13:31               ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-11-07 13:28             ` Björn Steinbrink

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