Merge branch 'ab/pull-rebase-config'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 5a841da6d4cd86c4340abf001f735a37035d198f..8a7d2d4cb1c0dd200b1d7fc98fe3b5e78acba755 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -677,10 +677,12 @@ branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
 branch.<name>.rebase::
        When true, rebase the branch <name> on top of the fetched branch,
        instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
-       "git pull" is run.
-       *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
-       it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
-       for details).
+       "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
+       branch-specific manner.
++
+*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
+it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
+for details).
 
 browser.<tool>.cmd::
        Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
@@ -1590,6 +1592,16 @@ pretty.<name>::
        Note that an alias with the same name as a built-in format
        will be silently ignored.
 
+pull.rebase::
+       When true, rebase branches on top of the fetched branch, instead
+       of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
+       pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
+       per-branch basis.
++
+*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
+it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
+for details).
+
 pull.octopus::
        The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
        at once.