X-Git-Url: https://asedeno.scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=Documentation%2Fgit-pull.txt;h=e47361f2345bba78c917ab58bfe61800aa1e7156;hb=786f174dab50ea5333fadd1650aa709927a3099f;hp=e1b0bd2868e5f4c489f698038c4d4aaae7740c52;hpb=a33fb40fe477fa1a9ce882230415f19378959390;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index e1b0bd286..e47361f23 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ With `--rebase`, it runs 'git rebase' instead of 'git merge'. should be the name of a remote repository as passed to linkgit:git-fetch[1]. can name an arbitrary remote ref (for example, the name of a tag) or even -a collection of refs with corresponding remote tracking branches +a collection of refs with corresponding remote-tracking branches (e.g., refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*), but usually it is the name of a branch in the remote repository. @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/` file is used. In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and -optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is +optionally store in the remote-tracking branches) when the command is run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values of the configuration variable `remote..fetch` are consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/` @@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* ------------ A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store -what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS +what were fetched in remote-tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS must end with `/*`. The above specifies that all remote -branches are tracked using tracking branches in +branches are tracked using remote-tracking branches in `refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name. The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after