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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index c50f7dcb8..14609cbd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'. <repository> should be the name of a remote repository as passed to linkgit:git-fetch[1]. <refspec> can name an arbitrary remote ref (for example, the name of a tag) or even -a collection of refs with corresponding remote tracking branches -(e.g., refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*), but usually it is -the name of a branch in the remote repository. +a collection of refs with corresponding remote-tracking branches +(e.g., refs/heads/{asterisk}:refs/remotes/origin/{asterisk}), +but usually it is the name of a branch in the remote repository. Default values for <repository> and <branch> are read from the "remote" and "merge" configuration for the current branch @@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ must be given before the options meant for 'git fetch'. --verbose:: Pass --verbose to git-fetch and git-merge. +--[no-]recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: + This option controls if new commits of all populated submodules should + be fetched too (see linkgit:git-config[1] and linkgit:gitmodules[5]). + That might be necessary to get the data needed for merging submodule + commits, a feature git learned in 1.7.3. Notice that the result of a + merge will not be checked out in the submodule, "git submodule update" + has to be called afterwards to bring the work tree up to date with the + merge result. + Options related to merging ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -92,12 +101,15 @@ include::merge-options.txt[] :git-pull: 1 --rebase:: - Instead of a merge, perform a rebase after fetching. If - there is a remote ref for the upstream branch, and this branch - was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information - to avoid rebasing non-local changes. To make this the default - for branch `<name>`, set configuration `branch.<name>.rebase` - to `true`. + Rebase the current branch on top of the upstream branch after + fetching. If there is a remote-tracking branch corresponding to + the upstream branch and the upstream branch was rebased since last + fetched, the rebase uses that information to avoid rebasing + non-local changes. ++ +See `branch.<name>.rebase` and `branch.autosetuprebase` in +linkgit:git-config[1] if you want to make `git pull` always use +`{litdd}rebase` instead of merging. + [NOTE] This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation. @@ -134,7 +146,7 @@ and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used. In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and -optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is +optionally store in the remote-tracking branches) when the command is run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` @@ -147,9 +159,9 @@ refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* ------------ A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store -what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS +what were fetched in remote-tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS must end with `/*`. The above specifies that all remote -branches are tracked using tracking branches in +branches are tracked using remote-tracking branches in `refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name. The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after @@ -208,22 +220,19 @@ If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and would want to start over, you can recover with 'git reset'. +BUGS +---- +Using --recurse-submodules can only fetch new commits in already checked +out submodules right now. When e.g. upstream added a new submodule in the +just fetched commits of the superproject the submodule itself can not be +fetched, making it impossible to check out that submodule later without +having to do a fetch again. This is expected to be fixed in a future git +version. + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-fetch[1], linkgit:git-merge[1], linkgit:git-config[1] - -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> -and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Jon Loeliger, -David Greaves, -Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |