SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
+'git pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-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'.
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'.
OPTIONS
-------
-include::merge-options.txt[]
-
-:git-pull: 1
-include::fetch-options.txt[]
-include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+Options related to merging
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-include::urls-remotes.txt[]
+include::merge-options.txt[]
-include::merge-strategies.txt[]
+:git-pull: 1
-\--rebase::
+--rebase::
Instead of a merge, perform a rebase after fetching. If
there is a remote ref for the upstream branch, and this branch
was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information
- to avoid rebasing non-local changes.
+ to avoid rebasing non-local changes. To make this the default
+ 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.
-\--no-rebase::
- Override earlier \--rebase.
+--no-rebase::
+ Override earlier --rebase.
+
+Options related to fetching
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+include::fetch-options.txt[]
+
+include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+
+include::urls-remotes.txt[]
+
+include::merge-strategies.txt[]
DEFAULT BEHAVIOUR
-----------------
EXAMPLES
--------
-git pull, git pull origin::
- Update the remote-tracking branches for the repository
- you cloned from, then merge one of them into your
- current branch. Normally the branch merged in is
- the HEAD of the remote repository, but the choice is
- determined by the branch.<name>.remote and
- branch.<name>.merge options; see linkgit:git-config[1]
- for details.
-
-git pull origin next::
- Merge into the current branch the remote branch `next`;
- leaves a copy of `next` temporarily in FETCH_HEAD, but
- does not update any remote-tracking branches.
-
-git pull . fixes enhancements::
- Bundle local branch `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of
- the current branch, making an Octopus merge. This `git pull .`
- syntax is equivalent to `git merge`.
-
-git pull -s ours . obsolete::
- Merge local branch `obsolete` into the current branch,
- using `ours` merge strategy.
-
-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.
+* Update the remote-tracking branches for the repository
+ you cloned from, then merge one of them into your
+ current branch:
+
-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.
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git pull, git pull origin
+------------------------------------------------
++
+Normally the branch merged in is the HEAD of the remote repository,
+but the choice is determined by the branch.<name>.remote and
+branch.<name>.merge options; see linkgit:git-config[1] for details.
-Command line pull of multiple branches from one repository::
+* Merge into the current branch the remote branch `next`:
+
------------------------------------------------
-$ git checkout master
-$ git fetch origin +pu:pu maint:tmp
-$ git pull . tmp
+$ git pull origin next
------------------------------------------------
+
-This updates (or creates, as necessary) branches `pu` and `tmp`
-in the local repository by fetching from the branches
-(respectively) `pu` and `maint` from the remote repository.
+This leaves a copy of `next` temporarily in FETCH_HEAD, but
+does not update any remote-tracking branches. Using remote-tracking
+branches, the same can be done by invoking fetch and merge:
+
-The `pu` branch will be updated even if it is does not
-fast-forward; the others will not be.
-+
-The final command then merges the newly fetched `tmp` into master.
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git fetch origin
+$ git merge origin/next
+------------------------------------------------
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
------
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation
--------------
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite