NAME
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-git-pull - Pull and merge from another repository.
+git-pull - Pull and merge from another repository or a local branch
SYNOPSIS
<repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful
when merging local branches into the current branch.
+
OPTIONS
-------
-include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+include::merge-options.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::fetch-options.txt[]
-include::merge-pull-opts.txt[]
-
-include::merge-strategies.txt[]
+include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+include::urls.txt[]
+include::merge-strategies.txt[]
EXAMPLES
--------
$ git pull . origin
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+
-Here, a typical `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin` file from a
+Here, a typical `.git/remotes/origin` file from a
`git-clone` operation is used in combination with
command line options to `git-fetch` to first update
multiple branches of the local repository and then
all the necessary objects.
-Pull of multiple branches from one repository using `$GIT_DIR/remotes` file::
+Pull of multiple branches from one repository using `.git/remotes` file::
+
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$ cat .git/remotes/origin
$ git pull origin
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+
-Here, a typical `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin` file from a
+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
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
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gitlink:git-fetch[1], gitlink:git-merge[1]