[PATCH] Make fast forward merges more like normal merges.

[Eric M. Hopper]

On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 17:46 -0700, Brendan Cully wrote:
> On Wednesday, 06 June 2007 at 19:44, Nathan Jones wrote:
> > I have been using named branches and fast forward merges lately, but I
> > have found that fast forward merges work differently than normal merges:
> > 
> > 1. Parents are not listed.
> > 2. hg log -M displays fast forward merges.
> > 3. hg log -p does not display a diff like regular merges.
> 
> I don't have a super-strong opinion about it, but I'm not sure these
> are bad things. It seems like you're turning fast-forward merges back
> into plain old merges.

What are fast forward merges, and why were they created?

Thanks,
-- 
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