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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-pull.txt | 6 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index f9f1e0d30b..4cc633a5ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ include::urls-remotes.txt[] include::merge-strategies.txt[] \--rebase:: - Instead of a merge, perform a rebase after fetching. + Instead of a merge, perform a rebase after fetching. If + there is a remote ref for the upstream branch, and this branch + was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information + to avoid rebasing non-local changes. + *NOTE:* This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation. It rewrites history, which does not bode well when you published that history already. Do *not* use this option |