git merge Fast forwarding

Question

Hi,

I am working in Git & GitHub and I tried to merge two branch. So, I used the below command.

$ git merge master

But here shows Fast-forwarding.

Can anyone tell me what is Fast-forwarding?

Thank You

Answer 1

Hi@Hasid,

In Git & GitHub, there is a concept of merging. Mainly, two types of merging are there. One is automatic merging and another one is manual merging. When merging is done by automatic, then it shows Fast-forward.

Hope it will help you

Thank You