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  user-manual: fix the description of fast-forward
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@ -1431,11 +1431,11 @@ differently. Normally, a merge results in a merge commit, with two
parents, one pointing at each of the two lines of development that
were merged.
However, if the current branch is a descendant of the other--so every
commit present in the one is already contained in the other--then Git
just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved
forward to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new
commits being created.
However, if the current branch is an ancestor of the other--so every commit
present in the current branch is already contained in the other branch--then Git
just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved forward
to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new commits being
created.
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