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authorJonathan Maw <jonathan.maw@codethink.co.uk>2013-09-30 15:08:10 +0100
committerJonathan Maw <jonathan.maw@codethink.co.uk>2013-09-30 15:08:10 +0100
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Merge branch 'baserock/jonathanmaw/S9007/upgrade-git' into baserock/morphbaserock/morph
Reviewed-by: Lars Wirzenius <lars.wirzenius@codethink.co.uk> Reviewed-by: Daniel Silverstone <daniel.silverstone@codethink.co.uk>
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diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ endif::git-pull[]
<refspec>::
The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus
- `{plus}`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
+ `+`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
+
The remote ref that matches <src>
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ Some short-cut notations are also supported.
+
* `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`;
it requests fetching everything up to the given tag.
-* A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
- <ref>: when pulling/fetching, so it merges <ref> into the current
- branch without storing the remote branch anywhere locally
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+* A parameter <ref> without a colon fetches that ref into FETCH_HEAD,
+endif::git-pull[]
+ifdef::git-pull[]
+* A parameter <ref> without a colon merges <ref> into the current
+ branch,
+endif::git-pull[]
+ and updates the remote-tracking branches (if any).