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[PATCH] config.txt: update branch.<name>.merge documentation

From
SBSanti Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 3, 2007, 15:29 UTC
Message-ID
<87irejgsyj.fsf@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Santi Béjar <sbejar@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e5e019f..f129de9 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -233,11 +233,12 @@ branch.<name>.remote::
 branch.<name>.merge::
 	When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
 	be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
-	a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote
-	given by "branch.<name>.remote".
+	the remote or local part of one of the refspecs which are fetched
+	from the remote given by "branch.<name>.remote".
 	The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
 	`git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
-	this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
+	this option and when fetching a non default remote, `git pull`
+	defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
 	Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
 
 color.branch::
-- 
1.5.0.rc2.579.g7df8
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