+/*
+ * Determines whether the commits in from..to are linear, i.e. contain
+ * no merge commits. This function *expects* `from` to be an ancestor of
+ * `to`.
+ */
+static int is_linear_history(struct commit *from, struct commit *to)
+{
+ while (to && to != from) {
+ parse_commit(to);
+ if (!to->parents)
+ return 1;
+ if (to->parents->next)
+ return 0;
+ to = to->parents->item;
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static int can_fast_forward(struct commit *onto, struct object_id *head_oid,
+ struct object_id *merge_base)
+{
+ struct commit *head = lookup_commit(the_repository, head_oid);
+ struct commit_list *merge_bases;
+ int res;
+
+ if (!head)
+ return 0;
+
+ merge_bases = get_merge_bases(onto, head);
+ if (merge_bases && !merge_bases->next) {
+ oidcpy(merge_base, &merge_bases->item->object.oid);
+ res = !oidcmp(merge_base, &onto->object.oid);
+ } else {
+ oidcpy(merge_base, &null_oid);
+ res = 0;
+ }
+ free_commit_list(merge_bases);
+ return res && is_linear_history(onto, head);
+}
+