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Re: [PATCH] Correct git-pull documentation

From
Nagy Balázs <js@iksz.hu>
Date
Feb 16, 2008, 08:20 UTC
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<47B69CDB.7070908@iksz.hu>
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<1203137441-52448-1-git-send-email-jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Jay Soffian wrote:
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> diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
> index 179bdfc..f734f18 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
>   
...
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> @@ -28,17 +29,12 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
>  :git-pull: 1
>  include::fetch-options.txt[]
>  
> -include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
> -
> -include::urls-remotes.txt[]
> -
> -include::merge-strategies.txt[]
> -
>  \--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 avoid rebasing non-local changes. This if the default if
>   
... This *is* the default if
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> +	`branch.<name>.rebase` is set.
>  +
>  *NOTE:* This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation.
>  It rewrites history, which does not bode well when you
>   
-- 
-jul-
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