We want to:
1. Be clear about what "specifying" means; merge, rebase, or
fast-forward.
2. Mention a direct shortcut for people that just want to get on with
their lives: git pull --no-rebase.
3. Have a quick reference for users to understand what this
"fast-forward" business means.
This patch does all three.
Thanks to the previous patch now "git pull --help" explains what a
fast-forward is, and a further patch changes --no-rebase to --merge so
it's actually user friendly.
Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx>
---
builtin/pull.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index 1034372f8b..d71344fe28 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -345,18 +345,19 @@ static enum rebase_type config_get_rebase(void)
return parse_config_rebase("pull.rebase", value, 1);
if (opt_verbosity >= 0 && !opt_ff) {
- advise(_("Pulling without specifying how to reconcile divergent branches is\n"
- "discouraged. You can squelch this message by running one of the following\n"
- "commands sometime before your next pull:\n"
- "\n"
- " git config pull.rebase false # merge (the default strategy)\n"
- " git config pull.rebase true # rebase\n"
- " git config pull.ff only # fast-forward only\n"
- "\n"
- "You can replace \"git config\" with \"git config --global\" to set a default\n"
- "preference for all repositories. You can also pass --rebase, --no-rebase,\n"
- "or --ff-only on the command line to override the configured default per\n"
- "invocation.\n"));
+ advise(_("Pulling without specifying how to reconcile divergent branches is discouraged;\n"
+ "you need to specify if you want a merge, a rebase, or a fast-forward.\n"
+ "You can squelch this message by running one of the following commands:\n"
+ "\n"
+ " git config pull.rebase false # merge (the default strategy)\n"
+ " git config pull.rebase true # rebase\n"
+ " git config pull.ff only # fast-forward only\n"
+ "\n"
+ "You can replace \"git config\" with \"git config --global\" to set a default\n"
+ "preference for all repositories.\n"
+ "If unsure, run \"git pull --no-rebase\".\n"
+ "Read \"git pull --help\" for more information."
+ ));
}
return REBASE_FALSE;
--
2.29.2
