gitlab Request to merge branch-A into develop (3 commits behind) should I worry?

Question

When creating a merge request in gitlab I often get a message: Request to merge branch-A into develop ([x] commits behind) what does gitlab want to tell me? should I worry or d

Answer 1

In addition to the answers above, I usually do the below to rebase my local branch and push. Usually I will have remote origin added to the local git repo, if I am a contributor.

git pull
git checkout 
git rebase origin/
git push --force origin