Re: Merging tags does not fast-forward with git 1.7.9

Domenico Andreoli [off-list ref] writes:

This is Debian unstable, out-of-the-box git package 1.7.9-1.

$ git reset --hard v3.3-rc2
HEAD is now at 62aa2b5 Linux 3.3-rc2
$ git merge --ff-only v3.3-rc3
fatal: Not possible to fast-forward, aborting.
$ 

Workaround:

$ git merge v3.3-rc3^{}
Updating 62aa2b5..d65b4e9
Fast-forward

Andreas.

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