Apr 16, 2015 · 115 In Git, to "fast forward" means to update the HEAD pointer in such a way that its new value is a direct descendant of the prior value. In other words, the prior value is a …

Feb 17, 2010 · The FAST_FORWARD specifies that it's FORWARD_ONLY and READ_ONLY, meaning it uses the least amount of server resources to handle it...so yes, for performance. …

Jul 25, 2022 · Git merge allows us to perform fast-forward and no fast-forward branch merging. Any ideas when to use fast-forward merge and when to use no fast-forward merge?

Jan 30, 2012 · The --no-ff flag prevents git merge from executing a "fast-forward" if it detects that your current HEAD is an ancestor of the commit you're trying to merge. A fast-forward is when, …

While a fast forward cursor does have some optimizations in Sql Server 2005, it is not true that they are anywhere close to a set based query in terms of performance. There are very few …

Dec 11, 2018 · The fast-forward is the default because: short-lived branches are very easy to create and use in Git short-lived branches often isolate many commits that can be reorganized …

Why is Git not allowing me to fast forward merge anymore? If I try to force it using --ff-only, I get the message fatal: Not possible to fast-forward, aborting.

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May 4, 2025 · 11 both commands fast-forwards if possible Actually, pull.ff will refuse to pull if the tip of the current branch cannot be fast-forwarded, when the setting is set to only. While …

May 31, 2022 · git pull: Not possible to fast-forward, Asked 3 years, 7 months ago Modified 2 years, 10 months ago Viewed 70k times