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pull vs branch to branch merge in GIT?

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I would like to run git rev-list with --no-merges to exclude the pull merge commits, but to still be able to see "regular" branch merges and their changes. Is there a way to do this or there is no way to tell between them ?

posted Feb 2, 2014 by Luv Kumar

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Check this  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2039773/have-remote-git-repository-refuse-merge-commits-on-push/2081349#2081349
commented Feb 3, 2014 by Kumar Mitrasen

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No way. git pull is git fetch followed by git merge -- nothing more, it's not a distinct operation but rather something like a shortcut. Unfortunately, folks often learn git pull before (or instead) git fetch which produces wrong mental model.

answer Feb 3, 2014 by Amit Parthsarthi
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