Commit cc5f5197 authored by Ben Bodenmiller's avatar Ben Bodenmiller Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

Improve details about when rebase button is offered

parent da573ae2
......@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ to accept merge requests without creating merge commits.
When the fast-forward merge
([`--ff-only`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-merge#git-merge---ff-only)) setting
is enabled, no merge commits will be created and all merges are fast-forwarded,
which means that merging is only allowed if the branch could be fast-forwarded.
which means that merging is only allowed if the branch can be fast-forwarded.
When a fast-forward merge is not possible, the user is given the option to rebase.
......@@ -28,9 +28,15 @@ When a fast-forward merge is not possible, the user is given the option to rebas
Now, when you visit the merge request page, you will be able to accept it
**only if a fast-forward merge is possible**.
![Fast forward merge request](img/ff_merge_mr.png)
If a fast-forward merge is not possible but a conflict free rebase is possible,
a rebase button will be offered.
![Fast forward merge request](img/ff_merge_rebase.png)
If the target branch is ahead of the source branch, you need to rebase the
If the target branch is ahead of the source branch and a conflict free rebase is
not possible, you need to rebase the
source branch locally before you will be able to do a fast-forward merge.
![Fast forward merge rebase locally](img/ff_merge_rebase_locally.png)
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