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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2016-06-08 16:56:05 (GMT)
committerCMake Topic Stage <kwrobot@kitware.com>2016-06-08 16:56:05 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'doc-ctest_update'
1b18180e Help: Document CTest Git fetch-and-reset behavior 558e4d1e Help: Document ctest_update branch following behavior
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diff --git a/Help/command/ctest_update.rst b/Help/command/ctest_update.rst
index 74af1f7..b205bca 100644
--- a/Help/command/ctest_update.rst
+++ b/Help/command/ctest_update.rst
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ The options are:
have otherwise printed to the console. CTest will still report
the new revision of the repository and any conflicting files
that were found.
+
+The update always follows the version control branch currently checked
+out in the source directory. See the :ref:`CTest Update Step`
+documentation for more information.
diff --git a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst
index 1179f56..e797333 100644
--- a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst
@@ -589,6 +589,11 @@ Configuration settings to specify the version control tool include:
* `CTest Script`_ variable: :variable:`CTEST_GIT_COMMAND`
* :module:`CTest` module variable: ``GITCOMMAND``
+ The source tree is updated by ``git fetch`` followed by
+ ``git reset --hard`` to the ``FETCH_HEAD``. The result is the same
+ as ``git pull`` except that any local moficiations are overwritten.
+ Use ``GITUpdateCustom`` to specify a different approach.
+
``GITInitSubmodules``
If set, CTest will update the repository's submodules before updating.