What is a 'fast-forward' merge? How can we prevent Git from doing this automatically?

Q: What is a 'fast-forward' merge? How can we prevent Git from doing this automatically?

> A **fast-forward merge** occurs when you merge a branch (e.g., `feature`) into a target branch (e.g., `main`), and the target branch has no new commits since the feature branch was created.

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A fast-forward merge occurs when you merge a branch (e.g., feature) into a target branch (e.g., main), and the target branch has no new commits since the feature branch was created.

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