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-.TH "GIT\-REPO\-CONFIG" "1" "11/29/2006" "" ""
+.TH "GIT\-REPO\-CONFIG" "1" "12/09/2006" "" ""
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branch.<name>.remote
When in branch <name>, it tells
git fetch
-which remote to fetch.
+which remote to fetch. If this option is not given,
+git fetch
+defaults to remote "origin".
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branch.<name>.merge
When in branch <name>, it tells
git fetch
-the default remote branch to be merged.
+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.
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pager.color
A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in use (default is true).