From 9ef585325766d41f585c0bb63814f9f28fe5ef46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan Dilly <dilly.stephan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 11:05:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] only even try to ff merge when there is something
 incoming

---
 src/components/pull.rs | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/pull.rs b/src/components/pull.rs
index d984ef00ad..a4dfe3ea27 100644
--- a/src/components/pull.rs
+++ b/src/components/pull.rs
@@ -127,19 +127,7 @@ impl PullComponent {
                 self.git_fetch.last_result()?
             {
                 if err.is_empty() {
-                    let merge_res =
-                        sync::branch_merge_upstream_fastforward(
-                            CWD,
-                            &self.branch,
-                        );
-                    if let Err(err) = merge_res {
-                        self.queue.borrow_mut().push_back(
-                            InternalEvent::ShowErrorMsg(format!(
-                                "merge failed:\n{}",
-                                err
-                            )),
-                        );
-                    }
+                    self.do_merge()?;
                 } else {
                     self.queue.borrow_mut().push_back(
                         InternalEvent::ShowErrorMsg(format!(
@@ -154,6 +142,28 @@ impl PullComponent {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    ///
+    fn do_merge(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let branch_compare =
+            sync::branch_compare_upstream(CWD, &self.branch)?;
+        if branch_compare.behind > 0 {
+            let merge_res = sync::branch_merge_upstream_fastforward(
+                CWD,
+                &self.branch,
+            );
+            if let Err(err) = merge_res {
+                self.queue.borrow_mut().push_back(
+                    InternalEvent::ShowErrorMsg(format!(
+                        "merge failed:\n{}",
+                        err
+                    )),
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl DrawableComponent for PullComponent {

From f5b235cfaf41f1552f0a92c0c9fdfc3913417755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan Dilly <dilly.stephan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 11:06:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update pull.rs

---
 src/components/pull.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/pull.rs b/src/components/pull.rs
index a4dfe3ea27..f4a0a0a3c5 100644
--- a/src/components/pull.rs
+++ b/src/components/pull.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ impl PullComponent {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    ///
+    // check if something is incoming and try a ff merge then
     fn do_merge(&self) -> Result<()> {
         let branch_compare =
             sync::branch_compare_upstream(CWD, &self.branch)?;