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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 5c3fb67c01..cad3f6bfce 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -15,14 +15,18 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Incorporates changes from a remote repository into the current -branch. In its default mode, `git pull` is shorthand for -`git fetch` followed by `git merge FETCH_HEAD`. - -More precisely, 'git pull' runs 'git fetch' with the given -parameters and calls 'git merge' to merge the retrieved branch -heads into the current branch. -With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'. +Incorporates changes from a remote repository into the current branch. +If the current branch is behind the remote, then by default it will +fast-forward the current branch to match the remote. If the current +branch and the remote have diverged, the user needs to specify how to +reconcile the divergent branches with `--no-ff`, `--ff`, or `--rebase` +(or the corresponding configuration options in `pull.ff` or +`pull.rebase`). + +More precisely, `git pull` runs `git fetch` with the given parameters +and then depending on configuration options or command line flags, +will call either `git merge` or `git rebase` to reconcile diverging +branches. <repository> should be the name of a remote repository as passed to linkgit:git-fetch[1]. <refspec> can name an |