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   1git-pull(1)
   2===========
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-pull - Pull and merge from another repository.
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'git-pull' <repository> <refspec>...
  12
  13
  14DESCRIPTION
  15-----------
  16Runs 'git-fetch' with the given parameters.
  17
  18When only one ref is downloaded, runs 'git resolve' to merge it
  19into the local HEAD.  Otherwise uses 'git octopus' to merge them
  20into the local HEAD.
  21
  22Note that you can use '.' (current directory) as the
  23<repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful
  24when merging local branches into the current branch.
  25
  26OPTIONS
  27-------
  28include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
  29
  30-a, \--append::
  31        Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
  32        existing contents of $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD.  Without this
  33        option old data in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD will be overwritten.
  34
  35Author
  36------
  37Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  38and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  39
  40Documentation
  41--------------
  42Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  43
  44GIT
  45---
  46Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  47