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From: Schuyler Duveen <sduveen@nypublicradio.org>
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This was a feature that I've really wanted for a while.  I took a bit of time to morph the most conservative version of forward-merge into pure-shell script:

https://github.com/schuyler1d/git-forward-merge/

Without strong objections, I'm going to try to make this into a patch for core.

cheers,
Schuyler Duveen

> Hi guys!
>
> I just made two Git scripts of mine open-source:
> 
>https://github.com/cool-RR/git-cascade 
> <https://github.com/cool-RR/git-cascade>
>
> This project contains two scripts:
>
>  - git cascade - Cascade changes from each branch to its dependents.
>  - git forward-merge - Merge branches without checking them out.
>
> Click the GitHub link above to read all about them.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ram.