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No, this checkbox should be shown on each repository where you are pulling the first time - until you select it.
Can also perfectly be done from the Journal.
Present in SmartGit 8.1 preview 3
Just for my understanding: you have multiple remotes and in each one is a master you have checked out?
This was upon user request because novice users created unintentionally a lot of branches tracking the same remote branch.
You already can get it from http://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/preview and invoking Help | Check for Latest Build.
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It's the first menu item in the left most menu of the Conflict Solver. Where did you search?