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-rw-r--r--Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md7
-rw-r--r--Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.rb5
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
index 5fc03ace8..1cc524472 100644
--- a/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
+++ b/Library/Contributions/manpages/brew.1.md
@@ -231,8 +231,11 @@ For the full command list, see the COMMANDS section.
Unsymlink <formula> from the Homebrew prefix. This can be useful for
temporarily disabling a formula: `brew unlink foo && commands && brew link foo`.
- * `update`:
- Fetch the newest version of Homebrew from GitHub using `git`(1).
+ * `update [--rebase]`:
+ Fetch the newest version of Homebrew and all formulae from GitHub using
+ `git`(1).
+
+ If --rebase is specified then `git pull --rebase` is used.
* `upgrade` [<formulae>]:
Upgrade outdated brews.
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.rb
index 773bf257d..1073ef1f0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/update.rb
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ class RefreshBrew
raise
end
end
+
# specify a refspec so that 'origin/master' gets updated
- execute "git pull origin refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master"
+ refspec = "refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master"
+ rebase = "--rebase" if ARGV.include? "--rebase"
+ execute "git pull #{rebase} origin #{refspec}"
@current_revision = read_revision
end