pull: introduce a pull.rebase option to enable --rebase
[gitweb.git] / git-pull.sh
index 4e9e0e49ecf2532ac8af1bfd46033e68c6f1042d..277ed40cdb2d448fd8745972e30428bd266ed3b0 100755 (executable)
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ merge_args=
 curr_branch=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD)
 curr_branch_short="${curr_branch#refs/heads/}"
 rebase=$(git config --bool branch.$curr_branch_short.rebase)
+if test -z "$rebase"
+then
+       rebase=$(git config --bool pull.rebase)
+fi
 dry_run=
 while :
 do
@@ -168,34 +172,10 @@ error_on_no_merge_candidates () {
                echo "You asked to pull from the remote '$1', but did not specify"
                echo "a branch. Because this is not the default configured remote"
                echo "for your current branch, you must specify a branch on the command line."
-       elif [ -z "$curr_branch" ]; then
-               echo "You are not currently on a branch, so I cannot use any"
-               echo "'branch.<branchname>.merge' in your configuration file."
-               echo "Please specify which remote branch you want to use on the command"
-               echo "line and try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
-               echo "See git-pull(1) for details."
-       elif [ -z "$upstream" ]; then
-               echo "You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you"
-               echo "want to $op_type $op_prep, and 'branch.${curr_branch}.merge' in"
-               echo "your configuration file does not tell me, either. Please"
-               echo "specify which branch you want to use on the command line and"
-               echo "try again (e.g. 'git pull <repository> <refspec>')."
-               echo "See git-pull(1) for details."
-               echo
-               echo "If you often $op_type $op_prep the same branch, you may want to"
-               echo "use something like the following in your configuration file:"
-               echo
-               echo "    [branch \"${curr_branch}\"]"
-               echo "    remote = <nickname>"
-               echo "    merge = <remote-ref>"
-               test rebase = "$op_type" &&
-                       echo "    rebase = true"
-               echo
-               echo "    [remote \"<nickname>\"]"
-               echo "    url = <url>"
-               echo "    fetch = <refspec>"
-               echo
-               echo "See git-config(1) for details."
+       elif [ -z "$curr_branch" -o -z "$upstream" ]; then
+               . git-parse-remote
+               error_on_missing_default_upstream "pull" $op_type $op_prep \
+                       "git pull <repository> <refspec>"
        else
                echo "Your configuration specifies to $op_type $op_prep the ref '${upstream#refs/heads/}'"
                echo "from the remote, but no such ref was fetched."