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

>
> 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