Explain in simple terms what the git pull --rebase command does?

Question

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the fact that pull downloads files from a remote repository is clear, but I don’t understand what these two dashes mean - before rebase and how does the pull work in conjunction with rebase?

Answer 1

what does the git pull --rebase command do?

Does a pull and then rebases the local history with what was pulled.
Those. if in the remote repository there was
A--B--C in the local repository A--B--C--d--e
was added to this and in the remote A--B--C--D--E then after git pull --rebase the local history becomes: A--B--C--D--E--d'--e' where d' and e' are local d's and e's rebased on top of E.

Answer 2

what do these two dashes mean?

It's just a key separator, roughly speaking.
To distinguish the key from anything else.