Description of rebase merge method is incorrect

[spikyjt]

What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/administering-a-repository/about-merge-methods-on-github

Contained in:
https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/content/github/administering-a-repository/about-merge-methods-on-github.md

Which reads from:
https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/data/reusables/pull_requests/rebase_and_merge_summary.md

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

In the section Rebasing and merging your commits, the description says

Pull requests with rebased commits are merged using the fast-forward option.

However, this is not the case. Rebasing is actually done with the --force option as described later in the section where it clarifies that the commit hash and the committer will change. This is explicitly forced rebase behaviour and quite different from fast-forward, which leaves all commits as-is.

Additional information

I consider this confusing, as someone looking for a fast-forward merge option might stop at the end of the intro, thinking they have found the option they need, but in fact will get different behaviour.

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[bk2204]

Hey,

I've looked at what's going on here, and you're correct that the committer information is updated to reflect the person performing the merge. I'm not sure, but I think what might have been intended by this is that the branch is rebased by the person doing the merge and then merged into the base branch with git merge --ff-only, which, while technically accurate, is a little confusing.

I agree that things could be rephrased to be a little clearer here about the behavior.

[ramyaparimi]

@spikyjt Sorry for the delay 💛 @bk2204 explained the expected behavior ✨ You or anyone is welcome to open a PR clarifying the behavior in the article. 💖

[devtayls]

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