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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 0fa3f89c01..0614f338e7 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -724,6 +724,8 @@ branch.<name>.remote:: overridden by `branch.<name>.pushremote`. If no remote is configured, or if you are not on any branch, it defaults to `origin` for fetching and `remote.pushdefault` for pushing. + Additionally, `.` (a period) is the current local repository + (a dot-repository), see `branch.<name>.merge`'s final note below. branch.<name>.pushremote:: When on branch <name>, it overrides `branch.<name>.remote` for @@ -749,8 +751,8 @@ branch.<name>.merge:: Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge. If you wish to setup 'git pull' so that it merges into <name> from another branch in the local repository, you can point - branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the special setting - `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote. + branch.<name>.merge to the desired branch, and use the relative path + setting `.` (a period) for branch.<name>.remote. branch.<name>.mergeoptions:: Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and |