SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-pull' <repository> <refspec>...
+'git-pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-Runs 'git-fetch' with the given parameters.
+Runs `git-fetch` with the given parameters, and calls `git-merge`
+to merge the retrieved head(s) into the current branch.
-When only one ref is downloaded, runs 'git resolve' to merge it
-into the local HEAD. Otherwise uses 'git octopus' to merge them
-into the local HEAD.
+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.
OPTIONS
-------
+include::merge-options.txt[]
+
+include::fetch-options.txt[]
+
include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
--a, \--append::
- Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the
- existing contents of $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD. Without this
- option old data in $GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD will be overwritten.
+include::urls.txt[]
+
+include::merge-strategies.txt[]
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+git pull, git pull origin::
+ Fetch the default head from the repository you cloned
+ from and merge it into your current branch.
+
+git pull -s ours . obsolete::
+ Merge local branch `obsolete` into the current branch,
+ using `ours` merge strategy.
+
+git pull . fixes enhancements::
+ Bundle local branch `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of
+ the current branch, making an Octopus merge.
+
+git pull --no-commit . maint::
+ Merge local branch `maint` into the current branch, but
+ do not make a commit automatically. This can be used
+ when you want to include further changes to the merge,
+ or want to write your own merge commit message.
++
+You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial
+changes into a merge commit. Small fixups like bumping
+release/version name would be acceptable.
+
+Command line pull of multiple branches from one repository::
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ cat .git/remotes/origin
+URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
+Pull: master:origin
+
+$ git checkout master
+$ git fetch origin master:origin +pu:pu maint:maint
+$ git pull . origin
+------------------------------------------------
++
+Here, a typical `.git/remotes/origin` file from a
+`git-clone` operation is used in combination with
+command line options to `git-fetch` to first update
+multiple branches of the local repository and then
+to merge the remote `origin` branch into the local
+`master` branch. The local `pu` branch is updated
+even if it does not result in a fast forward update.
+Here, the pull can obtain its objects from the local
+repository using `.`, as the previous `git-fetch` is
+known to have already obtained and made available
+all the necessary objects.
+
+
+Pull of multiple branches from one repository using `.git/remotes` file::
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ cat .git/remotes/origin
+URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
+Pull: master:origin
+Pull: +pu:pu
+Pull: maint:maint
+
+$ git checkout master
+$ git pull origin
+------------------------------------------------
++
+Here, a typical `.git/remotes/origin` file from a
+`git-clone` operation has been hand-modified to include
+the branch-mapping of additional remote and local
+heads directly. A single `git-pull` operation while
+in the `master` branch will fetch multiple heads and
+merge the remote `origin` head into the current,
+local `master` branch.
+
+
+If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and
+would want to start over, you can recover with
+gitlink:git-reset[1].
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+gitlink:git-fetch[1], gitlink:git-merge[1]
+
Author
------
Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+Documentation by Jon Loeliger,
+David Greaves,
+Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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