GIT 0.99.9c

[git.git] / Documentation / git-pull.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index bae05de..cef4c0a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ When only one ref is downloaded, runs 'git resolve' to merge it
 into the local HEAD.  Otherwise uses 'git octopus' to merge them
 into the local HEAD.
 
 into the local HEAD.  Otherwise uses 'git octopus' to merge them
 into the local HEAD.
 

+Note that you can use '.' (current directory) as the
+<repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful
+when merging local branches into the current branch.

 
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