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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 24ab07a3f8..6083aab87b 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 ------------ @@ -102,12 +104,18 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] :git-pull: 1 -r:: ---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. +--rebase[=false|true|preserve]:: + 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 preserve, also rebase the current branch on top of the upstream +branch, but pass `--preserve-merges` along to `git rebase` so that +locally created merge commits will not be flattened. ++ +When false, merge the current branch into the upstream branch. + See `pull.rebase`, `branch.<name>.rebase` and `branch.autosetuprebase` in linkgit:git-config[1] if you want to make `git pull` always use |