Re: the "r" in "git pull -r"

[Patrick McCarty]

On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 07:34:01PM -0700, Mark Polesky wrote:
> 
> Regarding CG 1.2.2:
> http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/contributor/Update-command.html
> 
> What does "-r" do in "git pull -r"? I don't see "-r"
> listed as an option here:
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-pull.html

It's undocumented, unfortunately.  :-)

The equivalent long option (that *is* documented) is

  git pull --rebase

I think it would be nice to have an entire CG section devoted to
explaining what "rebasing" means, but the "git rebase" man page
provides a reasonably good explanation in the meantime.

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-rebase.html


HTH,
Patrick