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The way 'git pull' without explicit parameters work were not explained well in any existing documentation. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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git-pull(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-pull - Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git-pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
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DESCRIPTION
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Runs `git-fetch` with the given parameters, and calls `git-merge`
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to merge the retrieved head(s) into the current branch.
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Note that you can use `.` (current directory) as the
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<repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful
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when merging local branches into the current branch.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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include::merge-options.txt[]
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include::fetch-options.txt[]
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include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
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include::urls.txt[]
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include::merge-strategies.txt[]
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DEFAULT BEHAVIOUR
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-----------------
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Often people use `git pull` without giving any parameter.
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Traditionally, this has been equivalent to saying `git pull
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origin`. However, when configuration `branch.<name>.remote` is
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present while on branch `<name>`, that value is used instead of
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`origin`.
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In order to determine what URL to use to fetch from, the value
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of the configuration `remote.<origin>.url` is consulted
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and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line
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in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used.
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In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and
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optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is
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run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values
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of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are
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consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>`
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file is consulted and its `Pull: ` lines are used.
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In addition to the refspec formats described in the OPTIONS
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section, you can have a globbing refspec that looks like this:
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refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
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A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store
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what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
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must end with `/*`. The above specifies that all remote
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branches are tracked using tracking branches in
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`refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name.
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The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after
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fetching is a bit involved, in order not to break backward
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compatibility.
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If explicit refspecs were given on the command
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line of `git pull`, they are all merged.
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When no refspec was given on the command line, then `git pull`
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uses the refspec from the configuration or
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`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>`. In such cases, the following
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rules apply:
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. If `branch.<name>.merge` configuration for the current
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branch `<name>` exists, that is the name of the branch at the
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remote site that is merged.
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. If the refspec is a globbing one, nothing is merged.
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. Otherwise the remote branch of the first refspec is merged.
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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git pull, git pull origin::
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Update the remote-tracking branches for the repository
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you cloned from, then merge one of them into your
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current branch. Normally the branch merged in is
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the HEAD of the remote repository, but the choice is
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determined by the branch.<name>.remote and
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branch.<name>.merge options; see gitlink:git-config[1]
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for details.
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git pull origin next::
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Merge into the current branch the remote branch `next`;
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leaves a copy of `next` temporarily in FETCH_HEAD, but
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does not update any remote-tracking branches.
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git pull . fixes enhancements::
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Bundle local branch `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of
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the current branch, making an Octopus merge. This `git pull .`
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syntax is equivalent to `git merge`.
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git pull -s ours . obsolete::
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Merge local branch `obsolete` into the current branch,
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using `ours` merge strategy.
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git pull --no-commit . maint::
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Merge local branch `maint` into the current branch, but
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do not make a commit automatically. This can be used
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when you want to include further changes to the merge,
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or want to write your own merge commit message.
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+
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You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial
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changes into a merge commit. Small fixups like bumping
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release/version name would be acceptable.
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Command line pull of multiple branches from one repository::
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$ git checkout master
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$ git fetch origin +pu:pu maint:tmp
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$ git pull . tmp
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This updates (or creates, as necessary) branches `pu` and `tmp`
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in the local repository by fetching from the branches
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(respectively) `pu` and `maint` from the remote repository.
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The `pu` branch will be updated even if it is does not
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fast-forward; the others will not be.
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The final command then merges the newly fetched `tmp` into master.
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If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and
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would want to start over, you can recover with
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gitlink:git-reset[1].
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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gitlink:git-fetch[1], gitlink:git-merge[1], gitlink:git-config[1]
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Author
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------
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Documentation
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--------------
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Documentation by Jon Loeliger,
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David Greaves,
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Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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