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+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-pull - Fetch from and integrate with another repository or a local branch
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git pull' [options] [<repository> [<refspec>...]]
+'git pull' [<options>] [<repository> [<refspec>...]]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -101,13 +101,17 @@ Options related to merging
include::merge-options.txt[]
-r::
---rebase[=false|true|preserve|interactive]::
+--rebase[=false|true|merges|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.
+
+When set to `merges`, rebase using `git rebase --rebase-merges` so that
+the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
+linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
++
When set to preserve, rebase with the `--preserve-merges` option passed
to `git rebase` so that locally created merge commits will not be flattened.
+
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully.
--autostash::
--no-autostash::
Before starting rebase, stash local modifications away (see
- linkgit:git-stash[1]) if needed, and apply the stash when
+ linkgit:git-stash[1]) if needed, and apply the stash entry when
done. `--no-autostash` is useful to override the `rebase.autoStash`
configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
+