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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index c50f7dcb89..64009dee31 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'. 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 -(e.g., refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*), but usually it is -the name of a branch in the remote repository. +(e.g., refs/heads/{asterisk}:refs/remotes/origin/{asterisk}), +but usually it is the name of a branch in the remote repository. Default values for <repository> and <branch> are read from the "remote" and "merge" configuration for the current branch @@ -92,12 +92,15 @@ 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` and `branch.autosetuprebase` 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. |