"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 03:59:44PM -0800, Luben Tuikov wrote: >> --- "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > +git pull origin next:: >> >> No. >> >> > + Merge into the current branch the remote branch `next`; >> >> So, "origin" now means "current branch". > > No, "origin" refers to the remote repository that you originally cloned > from. > > Pulls always merge into the current branch. So it wouldn't make sense > to specify the current branch on the command line. I was also somewhat confused by these examples. I think the description is fine as long as we make it clear that they are not meant to describe what an advanced user _could_ do with various customizations, but to describe what happens with the default configuration set up by git-clone. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html