Re: linux-next: unneeded merge in the security tree

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

Then under the "--no-ff activates the magic" rule:

	git merge v3.9-rc2

will fast-forward, but this

	git merge --no-ff v3.9-rc2

creates a real merge with the "mergetag" signature block.  The one
that caused trouble in the "security tree", i.e.

        git pull linus v3.9-rc2

or its equivalent

        git fetch linus v3.9-rc2
        git merge FETCH_HEAD

would still fast-forward under this rule.  The maintainer needs to
do

	git pull --no-ff git://git.kernel.org/... for-linus

if the pull could fast-forward under this rule, though.

Scratch the last sentence.  It should have been

"whether the pull fast-forwards or not".  You'd always need to.