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--- TODO
+++ TODO
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ got:
   instead of the root directory checked out at /usr/src.
   The next LLVM release 12.1 would later be committed onto the llvm-12
   branch and then merged into main at /usr/src/gnu/llvm in the same way.
-- Teach 'got merge' to forward a branch reference if possible, instead of
-  creating a merge commit. Forwarding should only be done if linear
+- Teach 'got merge' to fast-forward a branch if possible, instead of
+  creating a merge commit. Fast-forward should only be done if linear
   history exists from the tip of the branch being merged to the tip of
   the work tree's branch, and if the tip of the work tree's branch is
-  itself not a merge commit (this makes "stacked" merges possible
-  by default, and prevents a 'main' branch reference from being forwarded
+  itself not a merge commit (this makes "staggered" merges possible
+  by default, and prevents a 'main' branch from being fast-forwarded
   to a vendor branch in case no new commits were added to 'main' since
   the previous vendor merge). Provide an option (-M) which forces creation
-  of a merge commit, for cases where users deem forwarding undesirable.
+  of a merge commit, for cases where users deem fast-forward undesirable.
 - When a clone fails the HEAD symref will always point to "refs/heads/main"
   (ie. the internal default HEAD symref of Got). Resuming a failed clone with
   'got fetch' is supposed to work. To make this easier, if the HEAD symref