Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Documentation/git-merge.txt: get rid of irrelevant references to git-pull

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:43:19 -0700

Sergey Organov <[email-masked]> writes:

> So I believe this change is inline with the rest of the patch. The
> reference to git-pull (if it remains) should be a side-note, not part of
> explanation of operation.

Not really.  The thing is, "This is the most common" needs to be
close to "Often...".  "git merge" directly invoked by the end user
is much less likely to encounter a fast forward situation; getting
invoked indirectly by "git pull" makes it common.