# Re: \[PATCH 1/2\] doc: pull: explain what is a fast-forward

- From: Felipe Contreras \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-06-24 14:31:42 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/06/7893339
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/06/7893041/t.md

```text
Philip Oakley wrote:
> On 21/06/2021 18:52, Felipe Contreras wrote:

> > --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
> > @@ -41,16 +41,41 @@ Assume the following history exists and the current branch is
> >  ------------
> >  	  A---B---C master on origin
> >  	 /
> > -    D---E---F---G master
> > +    D---E master
> >  	^
> >  	origin/master in your repository
> >  ------------
> >  
> >  Then "`git pull`" will fetch and replay the changes from the remote
> >  `master` branch since it diverged from the local `master` (i.e., `E`)
> > -until its current commit (`C`) on top of `master` and record the
> > -result in a new commit along with the names of the two parent commits
> > -and a log message from the user describing the changes.
> > +until its current commit (`C`) on top of `master`.
> > +
> > +After the remote changes have been synchronized, the local `master` will
> > +be fast-forwarded to the same commit as the remote one, therefore
> 
> Perhaps s/be fast-forwarded/have been 'fast-forward'ed/ ?

No, there's multiple steps:

 1. origin/master is synchronizd with master on origin
 2. master is fast-forwarded to origin/master

So, after 1 is done, 2 will happen.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
```