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git-merge: warn when -m provided on a fast forward

Warn the user that the "-m" option is ignored in the case of a fast
forward.  That may save some confusion in the case where the user
doesn't know about fast forwards yet and may not realize that the
behavior here is intentional.

Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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J. Bruce Fields 18 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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      git-merge.sh

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git-merge.sh

@ -294,7 +294,12 @@ f,*) @@ -294,7 +294,12 @@ f,*)
git-update-index --refresh 2>/dev/null
new_head=$(git-rev-parse --verify "$1^0") &&
git-read-tree -v -m -u --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore $head "$new_head" &&
finish "$new_head" "Fast forward" || exit
msg="Fast forward"
if test -n "$have_message"
then
msg="$msg (no commit created; -m option ignored)"
fi
finish "$new_head" "$msg" || exit
dropsave
exit 0
;;

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