Merge branch 'sh/pull-rebase-preserve'

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 00bde9dec54160ffc4d06e0169f2058176291928..9d101a903251429a800d43dad1563ef9fa50e548 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -765,6 +765,10 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
        instead of merging the default branch from the default remote when
        "git pull" is run. See "pull.rebase" for doing this in a non
        branch-specific manner.
++
+       When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
+       so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
+       by running 'git pull'.
 +
 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
@@ -1878,6 +1882,10 @@ pull.rebase::
        of merging the default branch from the default remote when "git
        pull" is run. See "branch.<name>.rebase" for setting this on a
        per-branch basis.
++
+       When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
+       so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
+       by running 'git pull'.
 +
 *NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]