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[PATCH 04/11] Use "git merge" instead of "git pull ."

From
Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
Date
Aug 27, 2013, 17:58 UTC
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"git pull ." works, but "git merge" is the recommended way for new users to do things. (The old description also should have read "The former is actually *not* very commonly used".)

Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
---
 Documentation/user-manual.txt | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 3f44ca0..6241a43 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ $ git pull . branch
 $ git merge branch
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-are roughly equivalent.  The former is actually very commonly used.
+are roughly equivalent.
 
 [[submitting-patches]]
 Submitting patches to a project
@@ -2255,11 +2255,11 @@ commit to this branch.
 $ ... patch ... test  ... commit [ ... patch ... test ... commit ]*
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-When you are happy with the state of this change, you can pull it into the
+When you are happy with the state of this change, you can merge it into the
 "test" branch in preparation to make it public:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
-$ git checkout test && git pull . speed-up-spinlocks
+$ git checkout test && git merge speed-up-spinlocks
 -------------------------------------------------
 
 It is unlikely that you would have any conflicts here ... but you might if you
@@ -2271,7 +2271,7 @@ see the value of keeping each patch (or patch series) in its own branch.  It
 means that the patches can be moved into the `release` tree in any order.
 
 -------------------------------------------------
-$ git checkout release && git pull . speed-up-spinlocks
+$ git checkout release && git merge speed-up-spinlocks
 -------------------------------------------------
 
 After a while, you will have a number of branches, and despite the
-- 
1.8.3.msysgit.0


---
Thomas
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Message 10 of 28 in “Modernize user-manual”
  1. 0/11 Modernize user-manualThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  2. 01/11 Call it "Git User Manual" and remove reference to very old Git versionThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  4. Lars Gullik BjønnesAug 27, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  6. 02/11 Use current "detached HEAD" messageThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  8. 03/11 Use current output for "git repack"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  10. 04/11 Use "git merge" instead of "git pull ."Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  12. Jonathan NiederAug 27, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  14. 05/11 Fix some typos and improve wordingThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  17. 06/11 Simplify "How to make a commit"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2013
  20. 07/11 Improve section "Manipulating branches"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  22. 08/11 Improve section "Merging multiple trees"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  24. 09/11 Remove unnecessary historical note from "Object storage format"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013
  26. 10/11 Remove irrelevant reference from "Tying it all together"Thomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  27. 11/11 "git prune" is safeThomas Ackermann, Aug 27, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2013

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