In case it wasn't clear from my post, I am very all over the place with the word 'merge'. I usually use it to describe the concept. We don't ever have actual me

In case it wasn't clear from my post, I am very all over the place with the word 'merge'. I usually use it to describe the concept. We don't ever have actual merge commits. We merge by rebasing and that then makes the 'merge' just a fast forward.