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diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt index 8d4e950abc..f9811f2473 100644 --- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt +++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt @@ -1,17 +1,18 @@ <repository>:: The "remote" repository that is the source of a fetch - or pull operation. See the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below. + or pull operation. This parameter can be either a URL + (see the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below) or the name + of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below). <refspec>:: - The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is - `+?<src>:<dst>`; that is, an optional plus `+`, followed - by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by - the destination ref. + The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus + `{plus}`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed + by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>. + The remote ref that matches <src> is fetched, and if <dst> is not empty string, the local ref that matches it is fast forwarded using <src>. -Again, if the optional plus `+` is used, the local ref +If the optional plus `+` is used, the local ref is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward update. + @@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ must know this is the expected usage pattern for a branch. [NOTE] You never do your own development on branches that appear on the right hand side of a <refspec> colon on `Pull:` lines; -they are to be updated by `git-fetch`. If you intend to do +they are to be updated by 'git-fetch'. If you intend to do development derived from a remote branch `B`, have a `Pull:` line to track it (i.e. `Pull: B:remote-B`), and have a separate branch `my-B` to do your development on top of it. The latter @@ -42,13 +43,13 @@ on the remote branch, merge it into your development branch with + [NOTE] There is a difference between listing multiple <refspec> -directly on `git-pull` command line and having multiple +directly on 'git-pull' command line and having multiple `Pull:` <refspec> lines for a <repository> and running -`git-pull` command without any explicit <refspec> parameters. +'git-pull' command without any explicit <refspec> parameters. <refspec> listed explicitly on the command line are always merged into the current branch after fetching. In other words, if you list more than one remote refs, you would be making -an Octopus. While `git-pull` run without any explicit <refspec> +an Octopus. While 'git-pull' run without any explicit <refspec> parameter takes default <refspec>s from `Pull:` lines, it merges only the first <refspec> found into the current branch, after fetching all the remote refs. This is because making an @@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ is often useful. + Some short-cut notations are also supported. + -* `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`; +* `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`; it requests fetching everything up to the given tag. * A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to <ref>: when pulling/fetching, so it merges <ref> into the current |