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@@ -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.
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