(see the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below) or the name
of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below).
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+<group>::
+ A name referring to a list of repositories as the value
+ of remotes.<group> in the configuration file.
+ (See linkgit:git-config[1]).
+endif::git-pull[]
+
<refspec>::
- The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is
- `+?<src>:<dst>`; that is, an optional plus `{plus}`, followed
- by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by
- the destination ref.
+ The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus
+ `{plus}`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
+ by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
+
The remote ref that matches <src>
is fetched, and if <dst> is not empty string, the local
-ref that matches it is fast forwarded using <src>.
-Again, if the optional plus `+` is used, the local ref
-is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward
+ref that matches it is fast-forwarded using <src>.
+If the optional plus `+` is used, the local ref
+is updated even if it does not result in a fast-forward
update.
+
[NOTE]