linux-kernel - git merges of tags

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Date:   Fri, 19 May 2017 09:23:36 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Git Mailing list <git@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: git merges of tags

Hi all,

Just a reminder that if you are merging Linus' tree (or any tree
really) via a tag, git was changed some time ago so that merging a tag
will not do a fast forward (there is a good reason for this - I just
can't recall it ATM).  This is a problem when your current head of
branch has been merged into (e.g.) Linus' tree and then you do "git
merge <tag>" on a tag that is later than the merge point.  You end up
with an unnecessary merge commit rather than just fast forwarding.

To do the fast forward, try "git merge <tag>^{}" ... (unfortunately
doing "git merge --ff <tag>" also does not do a fast forward - it also
doesn't fail, it unexpectedly just creates a merge commit :-().
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell