Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.4.4.2-g4cfec
diff --git a/config.txt b/config.txt index 9090762..21ec557 100644 --- a/config.txt +++ b/config.txt
@@ -125,10 +125,17 @@ branch.<name>.remote:: When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch. + If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin". branch.<name>.merge:: - When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default remote branch - to be merged. + When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to + be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match + a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote + given by "branch.<name>.remote". + The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls + `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without + this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched. + Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge. pager.color:: A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
