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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-03-31 14:54:11 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-03-31 14:54:12 -0700
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Merge branch 'ss/pull-rebase-preserve' into maint
* ss/pull-rebase-preserve: docs: clarify what git-rebase's "-p" / "--preserve-merges" does docs: clarify "preserve" option wording for git-pull
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was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information
to avoid rebasing non-local changes.
+
-When preserve, also rebase the current branch on top of the upstream
-branch, but pass `--preserve-merges` along to `git rebase` so that
-locally created merge commits will not be flattened.
+When set to preserve, rebase with the `--preserve-merges` option passed
+to `git rebase` so that locally created merge commits will not be flattened.
+
When false, merge the current branch into the upstream branch.
+