Correct git-pull documentation
authorJay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:24:32 +0000 (14:24 -0500)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:31:33 +0000 (21:31 -0800)
The --rebase option was documented in the wrong place (under MERGE
STRATEGIES instead of OPTIONS). Noted the branch.<name>.rebase
option.

Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 179bdfc69ddfeff9d272ec309721e4098f3b051e..737894390d8033bf470b3bfe3aeade858f38717e 100644 (file)
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 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
@@ -26,19 +27,14 @@ OPTIONS
 include::merge-options.txt[]
 
 :git-pull: 1
-include::fetch-options.txt[]
-
-include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
-
-include::urls-remotes.txt[]
-
-include::merge-strategies.txt[]
 
 \--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.
 It rewrites history, which does not bode well when you
@@ -48,6 +44,14 @@ unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully.
 \--no-rebase::
        Override earlier \--rebase.
 
+include::fetch-options.txt[]
+
+include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
+
+include::urls-remotes.txt[]
+
+include::merge-strategies.txt[]
+
 DEFAULT BEHAVIOUR
 -----------------