From: Oleg Broytman <phd@phdru.name>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 23:26:59 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Add more details about fetch/pull/push
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Add more details about fetch/pull/push
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diff --git a/pep-git.txt b/pep-git.txt
index 3158a4a..8f5d8f2 100644
--- a/pep-git.txt
+++ b/pep-git.txt
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ and
 
 The first command fetches commits from the named BRANCH in the REMOTE
 repository that are not in your repository and leaves the id (the
-hash) of the head commit in file .git/FETCH_HEAD. But it doesn't
-update any branch (doesn't move any pointer).
+hash) of the head commit in file .git/FETCH_HEAD and
+updates remote-tracking branch.
 
 The second command fetches commits from the named BRANCH in the REMOTE
 repository that are not in your repository and updates both the local
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ or even
 
     $ git pull
 
+Default remote repository for fetching/pulling is origin. Default set
+of references to fetch is calculated using matching algorithm: git
+fetches all branches having the same name on both ends.
+
 Push
 ''''
 
@@ -268,9 +272,8 @@ run
 
     $ git push origin v1 v2
 
-git guesses (knowing upstream remote branches) that you really want
-
-::
+git pushes local v1 to remote v1 and local v2 to remote v2. The same
+as::
 
     $ git push origin v1:v1 v2:v2
 
@@ -297,6 +300,21 @@ or even
 
     $ git push
 
+Default remote repository for pushing is origin. Default set
+of references to push in git before 2.0 is calculated using matching
+algorithm: git pushes all branches having the same name on both ends.
+Default set of references to push in git 2.0+ is calculated using
+simple algorithm: git pushes the current branch back to its
+@{upstream}.
+
+To configure git before 2.0 to the new behaviour run::
+
+$ git config push.default simple
+
+To configure git 2.0+ to the old behaviour run::
+
+$ git config push.default matching
+
 Git refuses to push a branch if it's the current branch in the remote
 non-bare repository: git refuses to update remote working directory.
 You really should push only to bare repositories. For non-bare