Subject: [PATCH] Add `-u` short option for `git pull`

From: "Julien Jerphanion via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:49:48 +0000

From: Julien Jerphanion <[email-masked]>

Add the short form `-u` as an alias for `--set-upstream`
in `git pull`, similarly to `git push` which supports both forms.

This allows users to use `git pull -u <remote> <branch>` as a
shorter alternative to `git pull --set-upstream <remote> <branch>`.

One test is included to verify that the short form works
correctly and set the upstream configuration as expected.

Signed-off-by: Julien Jerphanion <[email-masked]>
---
    Add -u short option for git pull

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2037%2Fjjerphan%2Fpull%2Fset-upstream-short-option-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2037/jjerphan/pull/set-upstream-short-option-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2037

 builtin/pull.c          | 2 +-
 t/t5553-set-upstream.sh | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/pull.c b/builtin/pull.c
index 5ebd5296207..e09f2963f78 100644
--- a/builtin/pull.c
+++ b/builtin/pull.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static struct option pull_options[] = {
 		0),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "show-forced-updates", &opt_show_forced_updates,
 		 N_("check for forced-updates on all updated branches")),
-	OPT_PASSTHRU(0, "set-upstream", &set_upstream, NULL,
+	OPT_PASSTHRU('u', "set-upstream", &set_upstream, NULL,
 		N_("set upstream for git pull/fetch"),
 		PARSE_OPT_NOARG),
 
diff --git a/t/t5553-set-upstream.sh b/t/t5553-set-upstream.sh
index 70e3376d31b..b4dd7c62ce9 100755
--- a/t/t5553-set-upstream.sh
+++ b/t/t5553-set-upstream.sh
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ test_expect_success 'pull --set-upstream upstream main sets branch main but not
 	check_config_missing other
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'pull -u upstream main sets branch main but not other' '
+	clear_config main other &&
+	git pull --no-rebase -u upstream main &&
+	check_config main upstream refs/heads/main &&
+	check_config_missing other
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'pull --set-upstream main:other2 does not set the branch other2' '
 	clear_config other2 &&
 	git pull --no-rebase --set-upstream upstream main:other2 &&

base-commit: 1fa68948c3d76328236cac73d2adf33c905bd8e3
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