Re: Difference between pull --rebase and fetch+rebase

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> I have a branch configured to track a remote branch by rebasing. I excepted
> that "git pull" would therefore be equivalent to fetching from the remote
> repository followed by rebasing the remote branch, but it isn't. When doing
> "git rebase <remote>/<branch>", it applies only the commits after the merge
> base. When doing "git pull", it tries to apply two more commits (the two
> commits preceding the merge base). Why is this?
>
> I get the same result even if I do "git pull --rebase <remote> <branch>", it
> doesn't seem to have anything to do with incorrect configuration of the
> branch.