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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-11-05 01:37:00 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-11-05 01:39:18 -0800
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Documentation: git-fetch/pull updates.
We do not accept multiple <refspecs> on one Pull:/Push: line right now (we could lift this tentative workaround for the broken refnames), but we have always accepted multiple such lines, so use that form in the examples and discussion. Also explicitly mention that Octopus is made only with an explicit command line request and never from Pull: lines. Add a couple of cross references. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory can be given; the
named file should be in the following format:
+
URL: one of the above URL format
- Push: <refspec>...
- Pull: <refspec>...
+ Push: <refspec>
+ Pull: <refspec>
+
When such a short-hand is specified in place of
<repository> without <refspec> parameters on the command
-line, <refspec>... specified on `Push:` lines or `Pull:`
+line, <refspec> specified on `Push:` lines or `Pull:`
lines are used for `git-push` and `git-fetch`/`git-pull`,
respectively. Multiple `Push:` and and `Pull:` lines may
be specified for additional branch mappings.
@@ -91,6 +91,22 @@ remote `master` branch to a local `origin` branch, which
is then merged to a local development branch, again typically
named `master`.
+
+[NOTE]
+There is a difference between listing multiple <refspec>
+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.
+<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>
+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
+Octopus from remote refs is rarely done, while keeping track
+of multiple remote heads in one-go by fetching more than one
+is often useful.
++
Some short-cut notations are also supported.
+
* For backward compatibility, `tag` is almost ignored;