git version 1.5.2.rc0.1.g2cc31-dirty gives me the below error when doing a git pull origin Warning: No merge candidate found because value of config option "branch.master.merge" does not match any remote branch fetched. I was able to do git fetch origin git merge origin/master -aneesh - 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