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diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt index ebdd948cd2..0551ebdfaf 100644 --- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt +++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt @@ -4,17 +4,23 @@ (see the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below) or the name of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below). +ifndef::git-pull[] +<group>:: + A name referring to a list of repositories as the value + of remotes.<group> in the configuration file. + (See linkgit:git-config[1]). +endif::git-pull[] + <refspec>:: - The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is - `+?<src>:<dst>`; that is, an optional plus `{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 -is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward +ref that matches it is fast-forwarded using <src>. +If the optional plus `+` is used, the local ref +is updated even if it does not result in a fast-forward update. + [NOTE] |