Can git pull be configured to rebase?

Yes, you can. Git can be configured so that git pull does a rebase instead of a merge by default.

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#Option 1: Enable rebase for all repositories (globally)

After this, git pull will be equivalent to git pull --rebase (in most ordinary cases).

To check:

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#Option 2: Enable rebase only in the current repository

This affects only the current project.

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#Option 3: Configure rebase only for a specific branch

For example, only for main:

Now, when you are on main and run git pull, it will do a rebase.

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#A useful setting: automatically stash local changes during a rebase

If you often have uncommitted changes, this is handy:

Then Git will automatically stash before the rebase and restore the changes afterward.

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#How to turn it off (go back to merge)

Globally:

Or remove the setting:

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#Phrasing for an interview

Yes, you can: the pull.rebase=true setting makes git pull do a rebase instead of a merge. This can be enabled globally, per repository, or for a specific branch.