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docs: clarify "preserve" option wording for git-pull

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The "also" sounds as if "preserve" does a rebase as an additional
step that "true" would not do, but that is not the case.  Clarify
this by omitting "also", and rewording the sentence a bit.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Sebastian Schuberth 2015-03-26 21:11:21 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -111,9 +111,8 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information
to avoid rebasing non-local changes.
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When preserve, also rebase the current branch on top of the upstream
branch, but pass `--preserve-merges` along to `git rebase` so that
locally created merge commits will not be flattened.
When set to preserve, rebase with the `--preserve-merges` option passed
to `git rebase` so that locally created merge commits will not be flattened.
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When false, merge the current branch into the upstream branch.
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