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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index f7b90a326..3405ca09e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- 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`. Note that you can use `.` (current directory) as the <repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful @@ -28,19 +29,14 @@ OPTIONS include::merge-options.txt[] :git-pull: 1 -include::fetch-options.txt[] - -include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] - -include::urls-remotes.txt[] - -include::merge-strategies.txt[] \--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 avoid rebasing non-local changes. To make this the default + for branch `<name>`, set configuration `branch.<name>.rebase` + to `true`. + *NOTE:* This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation. It rewrites history, which does not bode well when you @@ -50,6 +46,14 @@ unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully. \--no-rebase:: Override earlier \--rebase. +include::fetch-options.txt[] + +include::pull-fetch-param.txt[] + +include::urls-remotes.txt[] + +include::merge-strategies.txt[] + DEFAULT BEHAVIOUR ----------------- |