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[189.209.26.110]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z189sm2005218oia.28.2020.12.18.13.10.28 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:10:29 -0800 (PST) From: Felipe Contreras To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Junio C Hamano , Jeff King , Elijah Newren , Felipe Contreras Subject: [PATCH v2 01/13] doc: pull: explain what is a fast-forward Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:10:14 -0600 Message-Id: <20201218211026.1937168-2-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.0.rc0 In-Reply-To: <20201218211026.1937168-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> References: <20201218211026.1937168-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org We want users to know what is a fast-forward in order to understand the default warning. Let's expand the explanation in order to cover both the simple, and the complex cases with as much detail as possible. Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras --- Documentation/git-pull.txt | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt index 5c3fb67c01..142df1c4a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt @@ -41,16 +41,41 @@ Assume the following history exists and the current branch is ------------ A---B---C master on origin / - D---E---F---G master + D---E master ^ origin/master in your repository ------------ Then "`git pull`" will fetch and replay the changes from the remote `master` branch since it diverged from the local `master` (i.e., `E`) -until its current commit (`C`) on top of `master` and record the -result in a new commit along with the names of the two parent commits -and a log message from the user describing the changes. +until its current commit (`C`) on top of `master`. + +After the remote changes have been synchronized, the local `master` will +be fast-forwarded to the same commit as the remote one, therefore +creating a linear history. + +------------ + D---E---A---B---C master, origin/master +------------ + +However, a non-fast-forward case looks very different: + +------------ + A---B---C origin/master + / + D---E---F---G master +------------ + +If there are additional changes in the local `master`, it's +not possible to fast-forward, so a decision must be made how to +synchronize the local, and remote brances. + +In these situations `git pull` will warn you about your possible +options, which are either merge (`--no-rebase`), or rebase (`--rebase`). +However, by default it will continue doing a merge. + +A merge will create a new commit with two parent commits (`G` and `C`) +and a log message describing the changes, which you can edit. ------------ A---B---C origin/master @@ -58,8 +83,11 @@ and a log message from the user describing the changes. D---E---F---G---H master ------------ +Once the merge commit is created (`H`), your local `master` branch has +incorporated the changes of the remote `master` branch. + See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details, including how conflicts -are presented and handled. +are presented and handled, and also linkgit:git-rebase[1]. In Git 1.7.0 or later, to cancel a conflicting merge, use `git reset --merge`. *Warning*: In older versions of Git, running 'git pull' @@ -248,7 +276,8 @@ version. SEE ALSO -------- -linkgit:git-fetch[1], linkgit:git-merge[1], linkgit:git-config[1] +linkgit:git-fetch[1], linkgit:git-merge[1], linkgit:git-rebase[1], +linkgit:git-config[1] GIT --- -- 2.30.0.rc0