@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ not possible to fast-forward, so a decision must be made how to
synchronize the local, and remote brances.
In these situations `git pull` will warn you about your possible
-options, which are either merge (`--no-rebase`), or rebase (`--rebase`).
-However, by default it will continue doing a merge.
+options, which are either `--merge`, or `--rebase`. However, by default
+it will continue doing a merge.
A merge will create a new commit with two parent commits (`G` and `C`)
and a log message describing the changes, which you can edit.
@@ -159,8 +159,11 @@ It rewrites history, which does not bode well when you
published that history already. Do *not* use this option
unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully.
---no-rebase::
- Override earlier --rebase.
+-m::
+--merge::
+ Force a merge.
++
+Previously this was --no-rebase, but that usage has been deprecated.
Options related to fetching
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ static struct option pull_options[] = {
"(false|true|merges|preserve|interactive)",
N_("incorporate changes by rebasing rather than merging"),
PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, parse_opt_rebase),
+ OPT_SET_INT('m', "merge", &opt_rebase,
+ N_("incorporate changes by merging"), REBASE_FALSE),
OPT_PASSTHRU('n', NULL, &opt_diffstat, NULL,
N_("do not show a diffstat at the end of the merge"),
PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
@@ -930,7 +932,7 @@ static void show_advice_pull_non_ff(void)
advise(_("Pulling without specifying how to reconcile divergent branches is discouraged;\n"
"you need to specify if you want a merge, or a rebase.\n"
"\n"
- " git pull --no-rebase # the default (merge)\n"
+ " git pull --merge # the default\n"
" git pull --rebase\n"
"\n"
"You can squelch this message by running one of the following commands:\n"
@@ -939,7 +941,7 @@ static void show_advice_pull_non_ff(void)
" git config --global pull.rebase true # rebase\n"
" git config --global pull.ff only # fast-forward only\n"
"\n"
- "If unsure, run \"git pull --no-rebase\".\n"
+ "If unsure, run \"git pull --merge\".\n"
"Read \"git pull --help\" for more information."));
}
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --rebase given' '
test_i18ngrep ! "Pulling without specifying how to reconcile" err
'
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --no-rebase given' '
+test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --merge given' '
git reset --hard c0 &&
- git pull --no-rebase . c1 2>err &&
+ git pull --merge . c1 2>err &&
test_i18ngrep ! "Pulling without specifying how to reconcile" err
'
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --rebase given (not-fast-forward)'
test_i18ngrep ! "Pulling without specifying how to reconcile" err
'
-test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --no-rebase given (not-fast-forward)' '
+test_expect_success 'pull.rebase not set and --merge given (not-fast-forward)' '
git reset --hard c2 &&
- git pull --no-rebase . c1 2>err &&
+ git pull --merge . c1 2>err &&
test_i18ngrep ! "Pulling without specifying how to reconcile" err
'
Previously --no-rebase (which still works for backwards compatibility). Now we can update the default warning, and the git-pull(1) man page to use --merge instead of the non-intuitive --no-rebase. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> --- Documentation/git-pull.txt | 11 +++++++---- builtin/pull.c | 6 ++++-- t/t7601-merge-pull-config.sh | 8 ++++---- 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)