According to the documentation these options are supported: $ git help pull | grep -e '--update-head-ok' -u, --update-head-ok However: $ git pull --update-head-ok error: unknown option `update-head-ok' Using: $ git --version git version 2.6.1 $ pacman --query --info git | grep ^Version Version : 2.6.1-1 Am I missing something? The manual seems to be for the right version: $ git help pull | tail -n1 | tr -s ' ' Git 2.6.1 10/06/2015 GIT-PULL(1) I'm running the system installed Git: $ type -a git git is /usr/bin/git Cheers Victor -- 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