6 git-pull - Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch
11 'git pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
16 Runs 'git-fetch' with the given parameters, and calls 'git-merge'
17 to merge the retrieved head(s) into the current branch.
18 With `--rebase`, calls 'git-rebase' instead of 'git-merge'.
20 Note that you can use `.` (current directory) as the
21 <repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful
22 when merging local branches into the current branch.
24 Also note that options meant for 'git-pull' itself and underlying
25 'git-merge' must be given before the options meant for 'git-fetch'.
29 include::merge-options.txt[]
34 Instead of a merge, perform a rebase after fetching. If
35 there is a remote ref for the upstream branch, and this branch
36 was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information
37 to avoid rebasing non-local changes. To make this the default
38 for branch `<name>`, set configuration `branch.<name>.rebase`
42 This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation.
43 It rewrites history, which does not bode well when you
44 published that history already. Do *not* use this option
45 unless you have read linkgit:git-rebase[1] carefully.
48 Override earlier --rebase.
50 include::fetch-options.txt[]
52 include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
54 include::urls-remotes.txt[]
56 include::merge-strategies.txt[]
61 Often people use `git pull` without giving any parameter.
62 Traditionally, this has been equivalent to saying `git pull
63 origin`. However, when configuration `branch.<name>.remote` is
64 present while on branch `<name>`, that value is used instead of
67 In order to determine what URL to use to fetch from, the value
68 of the configuration `remote.<origin>.url` is consulted
69 and if there is not any such variable, the value on `URL: ` line
70 in `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>` file is used.
72 In order to determine what remote branches to fetch (and
73 optionally store in the tracking branches) when the command is
74 run without any refspec parameters on the command line, values
75 of the configuration variable `remote.<origin>.fetch` are
76 consulted, and if there aren't any, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>`
77 file is consulted and its `Pull: ` lines are used.
78 In addition to the refspec formats described in the OPTIONS
79 section, you can have a globbing refspec that looks like this:
82 refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
85 A globbing refspec must have a non-empty RHS (i.e. must store
86 what were fetched in tracking branches), and its LHS and RHS
87 must end with `/*`. The above specifies that all remote
88 branches are tracked using tracking branches in
89 `refs/remotes/origin/` hierarchy under the same name.
91 The rule to determine which remote branch to merge after
92 fetching is a bit involved, in order not to break backward
95 If explicit refspecs were given on the command
96 line of `git pull`, they are all merged.
98 When no refspec was given on the command line, then `git pull`
99 uses the refspec from the configuration or
100 `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<origin>`. In such cases, the following
103 . If `branch.<name>.merge` configuration for the current
104 branch `<name>` exists, that is the name of the branch at the
105 remote site that is merged.
107 . If the refspec is a globbing one, nothing is merged.
109 . Otherwise the remote branch of the first refspec is merged.
115 * Update the remote-tracking branches for the repository
116 you cloned from, then merge one of them into your
119 ------------------------------------------------
120 $ git pull, git pull origin
121 ------------------------------------------------
123 Normally the branch merged in is the HEAD of the remote repository,
124 but the choice is determined by the branch.<name>.remote and
125 branch.<name>.merge options; see linkgit:git-config[1] for details.
127 * Merge into the current branch the remote branch `next`:
129 ------------------------------------------------
130 $ git pull origin next
131 ------------------------------------------------
133 This leaves a copy of `next` temporarily in FETCH_HEAD, but
134 does not update any remote-tracking branches.
136 * Bundle local branch `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of
137 the current branch, making an Octopus merge:
139 ------------------------------------------------
140 $ git pull . fixes enhancements
141 ------------------------------------------------
143 This `git pull .` syntax is equivalent to `git merge`.
145 * Merge local branch `obsolete` into the current branch, using `ours`
148 ------------------------------------------------
149 $ git pull -s ours . obsolete
150 ------------------------------------------------
152 * Merge local branch `maint` into the current branch, but do not make
153 a commit automatically:
155 ------------------------------------------------
156 $ git pull --no-commit . maint
157 ------------------------------------------------
159 This can be used when you want to include further changes to the
160 merge, or want to write your own merge commit message.
162 You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial
163 changes into a merge commit. Small fixups like bumping
164 release/version name would be acceptable.
166 * Command line pull of multiple branches from one repository:
168 ------------------------------------------------
169 $ git checkout master
170 $ git fetch origin +pu:pu maint:tmp
172 ------------------------------------------------
174 This updates (or creates, as necessary) branches `pu` and `tmp` in
175 the local repository by fetching from the branches (respectively)
176 `pu` and `maint` from the remote repository.
178 The `pu` branch will be updated even if it is does not fast-forward;
179 the others will not be.
181 The final command then merges the newly fetched `tmp` into master.
184 If you tried a pull which resulted in a complex conflicts and
185 would want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'.
190 linkgit:git-fetch[1], linkgit:git-merge[1], linkgit:git-config[1]
195 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
196 and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
200 Documentation by Jon Loeliger,
202 Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
206 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite