According to feedback from GitHub trainers [1], most newcomers don't understand what a rebase is. So in the default warning we want to provide our users with a command that does the most sensible thing, fixes the divergence, gets rid of the warning, with the minimum mental effort, and happens to be the default: git pull --no-rebase (later --merge) In addition, we don't want to start by recommending a permanent configuration, but a temporary solution so they start training their fingers and maybe learn how to do a rebase. So we start with the commands. Also, we need to be clear about what we mean by "specifying"; merge, or rebase. Moreover, thanks to the previous patch now "git pull --help" explains what a fast-forward is, let's mention that reference. And finally, use --global in the configuration commands like we did with push.default. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20130909201751.GA14437@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/pull.c | 22 ++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c index e8927fc2ff..a766d9762c 100644 --- a/builtin/pull.c +++ b/builtin/pull.c @@ -927,18 +927,20 @@ static int get_can_ff(struct object_id *orig_head, struct object_id *orig_merge_ static void show_advice_pull_non_ff(void) { - 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" + advise(_("Pulling without specifying how to reconcile divergent branches is discouraged;\n" + "you need to specify if you want a merge, or a rebase.\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" + " git pull --no-rebase # the default (merge)\n" + " git pull --rebase\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")); + "You can squelch this message by running one of the following commands:\n" + "\n" + " git config --global pull.rebase false # merge\n" + " git config --global pull.rebase true # rebase\n" + " git config --global pull.ff only # fast-forward only\n" + "\n" + "If unsure, run \"git pull --no-rebase\".\n" + "Read \"git pull --help\" for more information.")); } int cmd_pull(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) -- 2.29.2
