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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-01-20 20:28:49 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-01-20 20:28:49 -0800 |
| commit | add0951ab0bee43b5f634d1be68a7a80f627c18f (patch) | |
| tree | 084fe451a6b0c7d68d8d16c4ea9f64c38d9e01b0 /Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt | |
| parent | 5fc9df08b564aa9d11265ad591f9ef104695ce2b (diff) | |
| parent | 0b444cdb19bcfcc7f59b7b00783cbfbbc5ddcf63 (diff) | |
| download | git-add0951ab0bee43b5f634d1be68a7a80f627c18f.tar.gz | |
Merge remote branch 'remotes/trast-doc/for-next'
* remotes/trast-doc/for-next:
Documentation: spell 'git cmd' without dash throughout
Documentation: format full commands in typewriter font
Documentation: warn prominently against merging with dirty trees
Documentation/git-merge: reword references to "remote" and "pull"
Conflicts:
Documentation/config.txt
Documentation/git-config.txt
Documentation/git-merge.txt
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt index 0551ebdfaf..5dd6e5a0c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt +++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ must know this is the expected usage pattern for a branch. [NOTE] You never do your own development on branches that appear on the right hand side of a <refspec> colon on `Pull:` lines; -they are to be updated by 'git-fetch'. If you intend to do +they are to be updated by 'git fetch'. If you intend to do development derived from a remote branch `B`, have a `Pull:` line to track it (i.e. `Pull: B:remote-B`), and have a separate branch `my-B` to do your development on top of it. The latter @@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ on the remote branch, merge it into your development branch with + [NOTE] There is a difference between listing multiple <refspec> -directly on 'git-pull' command line and having multiple +directly on 'git pull' command line and having multiple `Pull:` <refspec> lines for a <repository> and running -'git-pull' command without any explicit <refspec> parameters. +'git pull' command without any explicit <refspec> parameters. <refspec> listed explicitly on the command line are always merged into the current branch after fetching. In other words, if you list more than one remote refs, you would be making -an Octopus. While 'git-pull' run without any explicit <refspec> +an Octopus. While 'git pull' run without any explicit <refspec> parameter takes default <refspec>s from `Pull:` lines, it merges only the first <refspec> found into the current branch, after fetching all the remote refs. This is because making an |