expose a helper function peel_to_type().

diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index fa97b0f3562ab34b7cf1b7b68b293d9174121088..46da0f4ca2bfc2b30e4da8eb551565a06c876fb1 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ error_on_no_merge_candidates () {
        exit 1
 }
 
+test true = "$rebase" && {
+       . git-parse-remote &&
+       origin="$1"
+       test -z "$origin" && origin=$(get_default_remote)
+       reflist="$(get_remote_refs_for_fetch "$@" 2>/dev/null |
+               sed "s|refs/heads/\(.*\):|\1|")" &&
+       oldremoteref="$(git rev-parse --verify \
+               "refs/remotes/$origin/$reflist" 2>/dev/null)"
+}
 orig_head=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null)
 git-fetch --update-head-ok "$@" || exit 1
 
@@ -164,6 +173,7 @@ then
 fi
 
 merge_name=$(git fmt-merge-msg <"$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD") || exit
-test true = "$rebase" && exec git-rebase $merge_head
+test true = "$rebase" &&
+       exec git-rebase --onto $merge_head ${oldremoteref:-$merge_head}
 exec git-merge $no_summary $no_commit $squash $no_ff $strategy_args \
        "$merge_name" HEAD $merge_head