@@ -966,8 +966,22 @@ int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
parse_repo_refspecs(argc, argv, &repo, &refspecs);
- if (!opt_ff)
+ if (!opt_ff) {
opt_ff = xstrdup_or_null(config_get_ff());
+ /*
+ * A subtle point: opt_ff was set on the line above via
+ * reading from config. opt_rebase, in contrast, is set
+ * before this point via command line options. The setting
+ * of opt_rebase via reading from config (using
+ * config_get_rebase()) does not happen until later. We
+ * are relying on the next if-condition happening before
+ * the config_get_rebase() call so that an explicit
+ * "--rebase" can override a config setting of
+ * pull.ff=only.
+ */
+ if (opt_rebase >= 0 && opt_ff && !strcmp(opt_ff, "--ff-only"))
+ opt_ff = "--ff";
+ }
if (opt_rebase < 0)
opt_rebase = config_get_rebase(&rebase_unspecified);
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ test_expect_success '--ff-only takes precedence over pull.rebase=false' '
test_attempts_fast_forward -c pull.rebase=false pull --ff-only
'
-test_expect_failure '--no-rebase takes precedence over pull.ff=only' '
+test_expect_success '--no-rebase takes precedence over pull.ff=only' '
test_falls_back_to_full_merge -c pull.ff=only pull --no-rebase
'
-test_expect_failure '--rebase takes precedence over pull.ff=only' '
+test_expect_success '--rebase takes precedence over pull.ff=only' '
test_does_rebase -c pull.ff=only pull --rebase
'