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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 0f18ec891a..d033b258e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-pull(1) NAME ---- -git-pull - Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch +git-pull - Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch SYNOPSIS @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Assume the following history exists and the current branch is A---B---C master on origin / D---E---F---G master + ^ + origin/master in your repository ------------ Then "`git pull`" will fetch and replay the changes from the remote @@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ result in a new commit along with the names of the two parent commits and a log message from the user describing the changes. ------------ - A---B---C remotes/origin/master + A---B---C origin/master / \ D---E---F---G---H master ------------ @@ -59,8 +61,8 @@ and a log message from the user describing the changes. See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details, including how conflicts are presented and handled. -In git 1.7.0 or later, to cancel a conflicting merge, use -`git reset --merge`. *Warning*: In older versions of git, running 'git pull' +In Git 1.7.0 or later, to cancel a conflicting merge, use +`git reset --merge`. *Warning*: In older versions of Git, running 'git pull' with uncommitted changes is discouraged: while possible, it leaves you in a state that may be hard to back out of in the case of a conflict. @@ -72,9 +74,6 @@ pulling or stash them away with linkgit:git-stash[1]. OPTIONS ------- -Options meant for 'git pull' itself and the underlying 'git merge' -must be given before the options meant for 'git fetch'. - -q:: --quiet:: This is passed to both underlying git-fetch to squelch reporting of @@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ must be given before the options meant for 'git fetch'. This option controls if new commits of all populated submodules should be fetched too (see linkgit:git-config[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5]). That might be necessary to get the data needed for merging submodule - commits, a feature git learned in 1.7.3. Notice that the result of a + commits, a feature Git learned in 1.7.3. Notice that the result of a merge will not be checked out in the submodule, "git submodule update" has to be called afterwards to bring the work tree up to date with the merge result. @@ -97,20 +96,28 @@ must be given before the options meant for 'git fetch'. Options related to merging ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -include::merge-options.txt[] - :git-pull: 1 ---rebase:: - 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. +include::merge-options.txt[] + +-r:: +--rebase[=false|true|preserve|interactive]:: + When 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 `pull.rebase`, `branch.<name>.rebase` and `branch.autosetuprebase` in +When set to preserve, rebase with the `--preserve-merges` option passed +to `git rebase` so that locally created merge commits will not be flattened. ++ +When false, merge the current branch into the upstream branch. ++ +When `interactive`, enable the interactive mode of rebase. ++ +See `pull.rebase`, `branch.<name>.rebase` and `branch.autoSetupRebase` in linkgit:git-config[1] if you want to make `git pull` always use -`{litdd}rebase` instead of merging. +`--rebase` instead of merging. + [NOTE] This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation. @@ -121,6 +128,15 @@ unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully. --no-rebase:: Override earlier --rebase. +--autostash:: +--no-autostash:: + Before starting rebase, stash local modifications away (see + linkgit:git-stash[1]) if needed, and apply the stash when + done. `--no-autostash` is useful to override the `rebase.autoStash` + configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). ++ +This option is only valid when "--rebase" is used. + Options related to fetching ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -217,7 +233,7 @@ $ git merge origin/next ------------------------------------------------ -If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and +If you tried a pull which resulted in complex conflicts and would want to start over, you can recover with 'git reset'. @@ -227,7 +243,7 @@ Using --recurse-submodules can only fetch new commits in already checked out submodules right now. When e.g. upstream added a new submodule in the just fetched commits of the superproject the submodule itself can not be fetched, making it impossible to check out that submodule later without -having to do a fetch again. This is expected to be fixed in a future git +having to do a fetch again. This is expected to be fixed in a future Git version. SEE ALSO |