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[PATCH v2 09/14] pull: introduce --merge option

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 4, 2020, 06:16 UTC
Message-ID
<20201204061623.1170745-10-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20201204061623.1170745-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Previously --no-rebase (which still works for backwards compatbility).

Now we can update the default warning, and the git-pull(1) man page to use --merge instead of the non-intuitive --no-rebase.

Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-pull.txt   | 9 ++++++---
 builtin/pull.c               | 4 +++-
 t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index ad33d2472c..c220da143a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ However, a non-fast-foward case looks very different.
 ------------
 
 By default `git pull` will warn about these situations, however, most likely
-you would want to force a merge, which you can do with `git pull --no-rebase`.
+you would want to force a merge, which you can do with `git pull --merge`.
 
 Then "`git pull`" will fetch and replay the changes from the remote
 `master` branch since it diverged from the local `master` (i.e., `E`)
@@ -148,8 +148,11 @@ It rewrites history, which does not bode well when you
 published that history already.  Do *not* use this option
 unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully.
 
---no-rebase::
-	Override earlier --rebase.
+-m::
+--merge::
+	Force a merge.
++
+Previously this was --no-rebase, but that usage has been deprecated.
 
 Options related to fetching
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index b200f7544c..6ea95c9fc9 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ static struct option pull_options[] = {
 		"(false|true|merges|preserve|interactive)",
 		N_("incorporate changes by rebasing rather than merging"),
 		PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, parse_opt_rebase),
+	OPT_SET_INT('m', "merge", &opt_rebase,
+		N_("incorporate changes by merging"), 0),
 	OPT_PASSTHRU('n', NULL, &opt_diffstat, NULL,
 		N_("do not show a diffstat at the end of the merge"),
 		PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
@@ -1024,7 +1026,7 @@ int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			"\n"
 			"You can replace \"git config\" with \"git config --global\" to set a default\n"
 			"preference for all repositories.\n"
-			"If unsure, run \"git pull --no-rebase\".\n"
+			"If unsure, run \"git pull --merge\".\n"
 			"Read \"git pull --help\" for more information."
 			));
 	}
diff --git a/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh b/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh
index 6b4adab8b1..1de64e6cc5 100755
--- a/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh
+++ b/t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --rebase given' '
 	test_i18ngrep ! "Pulling without specifying how to reconcile" err
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --no-rebase given' '
+test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --merge given' '
 	git reset --hard c2 &&
-	git pull --no-rebase . c1 2>err &&
+	git pull --merge . c1 2>err &&
 	test_i18ngrep ! "Pulling without specifying how to reconcile" err
 '
 
-- 
2.29.2
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Message 77 of 79 in “pull: default warning improvements”
  1. 00/14 pull: default warning improvementsFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  2. 03/14 pull: refactor fast-forward checkFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  3. 04/14 pull: cleanup autostash checkFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  4. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  5. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  6. Elijah NewrenDec 5, 2020
  7. 01/14 doc: pull: explain what is a fast-forwardFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  8. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  9. Jacob KellerDec 5, 2020
  10. 02/14 pull: improve default warningFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  11. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  12. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  13. Elijah NewrenDec 5, 2020
  14. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  15. Chris TorekDec 5, 2020
  16. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  17. Elijah NewrenDec 5, 2020
  18. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  19. Elijah NewrenDec 6, 2020
  20. Felipe ContrerasDec 6, 2020
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2020
  22. Felipe ContrerasDec 7, 2020
  23. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2020
  24. Felipe ContrerasDec 7, 2020
  25. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2020
  26. Felipe ContrerasDec 7, 2020
  27. Jacob KellerDec 7, 2020
  28. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2020
  29. Felipe ContrerasDec 8, 2020
  30. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2020
  31. Felipe ContrerasDec 9, 2020
  32. Elijah NewrenDec 9, 2020
  33. Felipe ContrerasDec 10, 2020
  34. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2020
  35. Felipe ContrerasDec 10, 2020
  36. Felipe ContrerasDec 10, 2020
  37. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2020
  38. Felipe ContrerasDec 11, 2020
  39. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2020
  40. Felipe ContrerasDec 14, 2020
  41. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2020
  42. Felipe ContrerasDec 15, 2020
  43. Jeff KingDec 15, 2020
  44. Felipe ContrerasDec 15, 2020
  45. Junio C HamanoDec 15, 2020
  46. Felipe ContrerasDec 15, 2020
  47. Felipe ContrerasDec 7, 2020
  48. 06/14 pull: move default warningFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  49. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  50. Felipe ContrerasDec 4, 2020
  51. 05/14 pull: trivial cleanupFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  52. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  53. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  54. 08/14 pull: trivial whitespace style fixFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  55. 10/14 pull: add proper error with --ff-onlyFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  56. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  57. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  58. 12/14 pull: show warning with --ffFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  59. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  60. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  61. 14/14 test: pull-options: revert unnecessary changesFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  62. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  63. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  64. 13/14 test: merge-pull-config: trivial cleanupFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  65. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  66. 11/14 tentative: pull: change the semantics of --ff-onlyFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  67. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  68. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  69. experiment: pull: change --ff-only and default modeFelipe Contreras, Dec 5, 2020
  70. Elijah NewrenDec 5, 2020
  71. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  72. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2020
  73. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  74. 07/14 pull: display default warning only when non-ffFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  75. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  76. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020
  77. 09/14 pull: introduce --merge optionFelipe Contreras, Dec 4, 2020
  78. Elijah NewrenDec 4, 2020
  79. Felipe ContrerasDec 5, 2020

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