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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-01-20 20:28:49 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-01-20 20:28:49 -0800 |
| commit | add0951ab0bee43b5f634d1be68a7a80f627c18f (patch) | |
| tree | 084fe451a6b0c7d68d8d16c4ea9f64c38d9e01b0 /Documentation/git-pull.txt | |
| parent | 5fc9df08b564aa9d11265ad591f9ef104695ce2b (diff) | |
| parent | 0b444cdb19bcfcc7f59b7b00783cbfbbc5ddcf63 (diff) | |
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Merge remote branch 'remotes/trast-doc/for-next'
* remotes/trast-doc/for-next:
Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughout
Documentation: format full commands in typewriter font
Documentation: warn prominently against merging with dirty trees
Documentation/git-merge: reword references to "remote" and "pull"
Conflicts:
Documentation/config.txt
Documentation/git-config.txt
Documentation/git-merge.txt
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-pull.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pull.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index b93201158..31f42ea21 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -13,16 +13,20 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- -Runs 'git-fetch' with the given parameters, and calls 'git-merge' +Runs 'git fetch' with the given parameters, and calls 'git merge' to merge the retrieved head(s) into the current branch. -With `--rebase`, calls 'git-rebase' instead of 'git-merge'. +With `--rebase`, calls 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'. 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. -Also note that options meant for 'git-pull' itself and underlying -'git-merge' must be given before the options meant for 'git-fetch'. +Also note that options meant for 'git pull' itself and underlying +'git merge' must be given before the options meant for 'git fetch'. + +*Warning*: Running 'git pull' (actually, the underlying 'git merge') +with uncommitted changes is discouraged: while possible, it leaves you +in a state that is hard to back out of in the case of a conflict. OPTIONS ------- @@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ $ git merge origin/next If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and -would want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'. +would want to start over, you can recover with 'git reset'. SEE ALSO |