Document that the default of branch.autosetupmerge is true

In 34a3e69 (git-branch: default to --track) the default was changed to
true, to help new git users.  But yours truly forgot to update the
documentation.  This fixes it.

Noticed by Kalle Olavi Niemitalo.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 4e222f15a5b2b84eb5d55bc79c605510bd89b7b6..6d8cca46ab934826a84647cbd6e441fee286f330 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ branch.autosetupmerge::
        so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
        remote branch.  Note that even if this option is not set,
        this behavior can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
-       and `--no-track` options.  This option defaults to false.
+       and `--no-track` options.  This option defaults to true.
 
 branch.<name>.remote::
        When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index f920c04cc01e1d8a8675876adcb747f91ed86f30..7e8874acaacbd6990ccaf66d5bddbff6e4c1e5ba 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
 working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
 new branch.
 
-When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git can setup the
+When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the
 branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from that
-remote branch.  If this behavior is desired, it is possible to make it
-the default using the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration
-flag.  Otherwise, it can be chosen per-branch using the `--track`
+remote branch.  If this behavior is not desired, it is possible to
+disable it using the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration
+flag.  That setting can be overridden by using the `--track`
 and `--no-track` options.
 
 With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
@@ -108,10 +108,11 @@ OPTIONS
        Set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
        retrieve data from the remote branch.  Use this if you always
        pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you
-       don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly.  Set the
-       branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you
+       don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly.
+       This behavior is the default.  Set the
+       branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you
        want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
-       '--track' were given.
+       '--no-track' were given.
 
 --no-track::
        When a branch is created off a remote branch,

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 584359ff3fdc4167b4af404ab92d34d3a057033c..b4cfa044bbb969add6f434070a8666fc0c325d15 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ OPTIONS
        set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
        retrieve data from the remote branch.  Use this if you always
        pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you
-       don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly.  Set the
-       branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you
+       don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly.
+       This behavior is the default.  Set the
+       branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to false if you
        want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
-       '--track' were given.
+       '--no-track' were given.
 
 --no-track::
        When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,