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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-11-01 14:03:13 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-11-01 14:03:13 -0800
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Document the use of "current directory" as pull source.
The repository to pull from can be a local repository, and as a special case the current directory can be specified to perform merges across local branches. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pull.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/tutorial.txt4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index bae05dee9..cef4c0ae3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ When only one ref is downloaded, runs 'git resolve' to merge it
into the local HEAD. Otherwise uses 'git octopus' to merge them
into the local HEAD.
+Note that you can use '.' (current directory) as the
+<repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful
+when merging local branches into the current branch.
OPTIONS
-------
diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
index b9f737e96..20a4cb1df 100644
--- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
@@ -1028,7 +1028,9 @@ multiple working trees, but disk space is cheap these days.
[NOTE]
You could even pull from your own repository by
-giving '.' as <remote-repository> parameter to `git pull`.
+giving '.' as <remote-repository> parameter to `git pull`. This
+is useful when you want to merge a local branch (or more, if you
+are making an Octopus) into the current branch.
It is likely that you will be pulling from the same remote
repository from time to time. As a short hand, you can store