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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index c50f7dcb89..e47361f234 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'. <repository> should be the name of a remote repository as passed to linkgit:git-fetch[1]. <refspec> can name an arbitrary remote ref (for example, the name of a tag) or even -a collection of refs with corresponding remote tracking branches +a collection of refs with corresponding remote-tracking branches (e.g., refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*), but usually it is the name of a branch in the remote repository. @@ -92,12 +92,14 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] :git-pull: 1 --rebase:: - Instead of a merge, perform a rebase after fetching. If - there is a remote ref for the upstream branch, and this branch - was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information - to avoid rebasing non-local changes. To make this the default - for branch `<name>`, set configuration `branch.<name>.rebase` - to `true`. + Rebase the current branch on top of the upstream branch after + fetching. If there is a remote-tracking branch corresponding to + the upstream branch and the upstream branch was rebased since last + fetched, the rebase uses that information to avoid rebasing + non-local changes. ++ +See `branch.<name>.rebase` in linkgit:git-config[1] if you want to make +`git pull` always use `{litdd}rebase` instead of merging. + [NOTE] This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation. @@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used. In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and -optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is +optionally store in the remote-tracking branches) when the command is run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` @@ -147,9 +149,9 @@ refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* ------------ A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store -what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS +what were fetched in remote-tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS must end with `/*`. The above specifies that all remote -branches are tracked using tracking branches in +branches are tracked using remote-tracking branches in `refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name. The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after |