# Blog post: git update: the odyssey for a sensible git pull

- From: Felipe Contreras \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-07-05 15:28:30 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/07/7894208
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/07/7894208/t.md

```text
Hello,

As I mentioned in my `git update` patch series [1], I spent several days
re-reading old threads looking for anything related to `git pull` and
fast-forward throughout the entire history of the git mailing list.

I documented everything that I found of interest, and the result is a
pretty lengthy article.

Long story short: a new `git update` command fixes all the issues people
have been reporting for almost a decade now.

Even if it's not a particularly interesting read, it's a good reference
that records all the attempts that have been made, along with many ideas
and proposals.

https://felipec.wordpress.com/2021/07/05/git-update/

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20210705123209.1808663-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com/

-- 
Felipe Contreras
```