From 11fe3f73cce13b759a728b0a9ac95e745470f251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin von Zweigbergk Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:55:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/git-pull: clarify configuration The sentence about 'branch..rebase' refers to the first sentence in the paragraph and not to the sentence about avoiding rebasing non-local changes. Clarify this. Signed-off-by: Martin von Zweigbergk Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-pull.txt | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index c50f7dcb8..e1b0bd286 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -92,12 +92,14 @@ 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 ``, set configuration `branch..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..rebase` 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. -- 2.30.2