modernize fetch/merge/pull examples

The "git pull" documentation has examples which follow an outdated
style. Update the examples to use "git merge" where appropriate and
move the examples to the corresponding manpages.

Furthermore,

 - show that pull is equivalent to fetch and merge, which is still a
   frequently asked question,

 - explain the default fetch refspec.

Signed-off-by: Clemens Buchacher <drizzd@aon.at>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index d3164c5c88db6b9e02a4186c398e19c425bc204b..f2483d624ead24031ef3cf320a0c151cc6f6cb2b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,35 @@ include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
 
 include::urls-remotes.txt[]
 
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+* Update the remote-tracking branches:
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git fetch origin
+------------------------------------------------
++
+The above command copies all branches from the remote refs/heads/
+namespace and stores them to the local refs/remotes/origin/ namespace,
+unless the branch.<name>.fetch option is used to specify a non-default
+refspec.
+
+* Using refspecs explicitly:
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git fetch origin +pu:pu maint:tmp
+------------------------------------------------
++
+This updates (or creates, as necessary) branches `pu` and `tmp` in
+the local repository by fetching from the branches (respectively)
+`pu` and `maint` from the remote repository.
++
+The `pu` branch will be updated even if it is does not fast-forward,
+because it is prefixed with a plus sign; `tmp` will not be.
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-pull[1]

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index d05f324462d23f64ba9563666e555a9eee3c443f..e886c2ef543501deea84909b2e88fb163a1c9d2b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -212,6 +212,39 @@ You can work through the conflict with a number of tools:
    common ancestor, 'git show :2:filename' shows the HEAD
    version and 'git show :3:filename' shows the remote version.
 
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+* Merge branches `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of
+  the current branch, making an octopus merge:
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git merge fixes enhancements
+------------------------------------------------
+
+* Merge branch `obsolete` into the current branch, using `ours`
+  merge strategy:
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git merge -s ours obsolete
+------------------------------------------------
+
+* Merge branch `maint` into the current branch, but do not make
+  a new commit automatically:
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git merge --no-commit maint
+------------------------------------------------
++
+This can be used when you want to include further changes to the
+merge, or want to write your own merge commit message.
++
+You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial
+changes into a merge commit.  Small fixups like bumping
+release/version name would be acceptable.
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-fmt-merge-msg[1], linkgit:git-pull[1],

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 7578623edba9e2ddc5232f1a981bcb297182638d..de2bcd63bb9dc74e0e70ef33ac640aec0ca5a228 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -131,54 +131,13 @@ $ git pull origin next
 ------------------------------------------------
 +
 This leaves a copy of `next` temporarily in FETCH_HEAD, but
-does not update any remote-tracking branches.
-
-* Bundle local branch `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of
-  the current branch, making an Octopus merge:
-+
-------------------------------------------------
-$ git pull . fixes enhancements
-------------------------------------------------
-+
-This `git pull .` syntax is equivalent to `git merge`.
-
-* Merge local branch `obsolete` into the current branch, using `ours`
-  merge strategy:
-+
-------------------------------------------------
-$ git pull -s ours . obsolete
-------------------------------------------------
-
-* Merge local branch `maint` into the current branch, but do not make
-  a commit automatically:
+does not update any remote-tracking branches. Using remote-tracking
+branches, the same can be done by invoking fetch and merge:
 +
 ------------------------------------------------
-$ git pull --no-commit . maint
+$ git fetch origin
+$ git merge origin/next
 ------------------------------------------------
-+
-This can be used when you want to include further changes to the
-merge, or want to write your own merge commit message.
-+
-You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial
-changes into a merge commit.  Small fixups like bumping
-release/version name would be acceptable.
-
-* Command line pull of multiple branches from one repository:
-+
-------------------------------------------------
-$ git checkout master
-$ git fetch origin +pu:pu maint:tmp
-$ git pull . tmp
-------------------------------------------------
-+
-This updates (or creates, as necessary) branches `pu` and `tmp` in
-the local repository by fetching from the branches (respectively)
-`pu` and `maint` from the remote repository.
-+
-The `pu` branch will be updated even if it is does not fast-forward;
-the others will not be.
-+
-The final command then merges the newly fetched `tmp` into master.
 
 
 If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and