SYNOPSIS
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-'git-pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
+'git pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
DESCRIPTION
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-Runs `git-fetch` with the given parameters, and calls `git-merge`
+Runs 'git-fetch' with the given parameters, and calls 'git-merge'
to merge the retrieved head(s) into the current branch.
-With `--rebase`, calls `git-rebase` instead of `git-merge`.
+With `--rebase`, calls 'git-rebase' instead of 'git-merge'.
Note that you can use `.` (current directory) as the
<repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful
when merging local branches into the current branch.
-Also note that options meant for `git-pull` itself and underlying
-`git-merge` must be given before the options meant for `git-fetch`.
+Also note that options meant for 'git-pull' itself and underlying
+'git-merge' must be given before the options meant for 'git-fetch'.
OPTIONS
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for branch `<name>`, set configuration `branch.<name>.rebase`
to `true`.
+
-*NOTE:* This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation.
+[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
unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully.
If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and
-would want to start over, you can recover with
-linkgit:git-reset[1].
+would want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'.
SEE ALSO
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation
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