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+title: Week 44 in Packit
+date: 2024-11-04
+authors: flachman
+tags:
+  - 2024-October
+  - 2024
+  - October
+---
+
+## Week 44 (October 29th – November 4th)
+
+- Packit now supports and defaults to `fast_forward_merge_into` syntax via `--dist-git-branches-mapping` in `dist-git init`. ([packit#2456](https://github.com/packit/packit/pull/2456))