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[PATCH v4 09/19] pull: introduce --merge option

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 8, 2020, 00:26 UTC
Message-ID
<20201208002648.1370414-10-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20201208002648.1370414-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Previously --no-rebase (which still works for backwards compatibility).

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 2fb184ab5f..21b50aff77 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ However, a non-fast-forward 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 4c91dd291b..3874434421 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"), REBASE_FALSE),
 	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),
@@ -1042,7 +1044,7 @@ 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
 '
 
-- 
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  1. 00/19 pull: default ff-only modeFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  2. 01/19 doc: pull: explain what is a fast-forwardFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  3. 02/19 pull: improve default warningFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  4. 03/19 pull: refactor fast-forward checkFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  5. 04/19 pull: cleanup autostash checkFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  6. 06/19 pull: move default warningFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  7. 05/19 pull: trivial cleanupFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  8. 07/19 pull: display default warning only when non-ffFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  9. 08/19 pull: trivial whitespace style fixFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  10. 09/19 pull: introduce --merge optionFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  11. 10/19 pull: show warning with --ffFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  12. 11/19 rebase: add REBASE_DEFAULTFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  13. 12/19 pull: move configurations fetchesFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  14. 14/19 test: pull-options: revert unnecessary changesFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  15. 15/19 pull: trivial memory fixFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  16. 13/19 test: merge-pull-config: trivial cleanupFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  17. 17/19 pull: add pull.mode=ff-onlyFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  18. 19/19 future: pull: enable ff-only mode by defaultFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  19. 16/19 pull: add pull.modeFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  20. 18/19 pull: advice of future changesFelipe Contreras, Dec 8, 2020
  21. Felipe ContrerasDec 8, 2020

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