Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  branch: die explicitly why when calling "git branch [-a|-r] branchname".
  fast-import: Document author/committer/tagger name is optional
  SubmittingPatches: hints to know the status of a submitted patch.

5 files changed, 37 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 76fc84d878..c686f8646b 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -280,6 +280,20 @@ people play with it without having to pick up and apply the patch to
 their trees themselves.
 
 ------------------------------------------------
+Know the status of your patch after submission
+
+* You can use Git itself to find out when your patch is merged in
+  master. 'git pull --rebase' will automatically skip already-applied
+  patches, and will let you know. This works only if you rebase on top
+  of the branch in which your patch has been merged (i.e. it will not
+  tell you if your patch is merged in pu if you rebase on top of
+  master).
+
+* Read the git mailing list, the maintainer regularly posts messages
+  entitled "What's cooking in git.git" and "What's in git.git" giving
+  the status of various proposed changes.
+
+------------------------------------------------
 MUA specific hints
 
 Some of patches I receive or pick up from the list share common
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 288032c7b8..e6d364f53c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ change to the project.
 ....
 	'commit' SP <ref> LF
 	mark?
-	('author' SP <name> SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF)?
-	'committer' SP <name> SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF
+	('author' (SP <name>)? SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF)?
+	'committer' (SP <name>)? SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF
 	data
 	('from' SP <committish> LF)?
 	('merge' SP <committish> LF)?
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ lightweight (non-annotated) tags see the `reset` command below.
 ....
 	'tag' SP <name> LF
 	'from' SP <committish> LF
-	'tagger' SP <name> SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF
+	'tagger' (SP <name>)? SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF
 	data
 ....
 
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index c87e63b02d..ddc9f2dab7 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -638,10 +638,12 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		rename_branch(head, argv[0], rename > 1);
 	else if (rename && (argc == 2))
 		rename_branch(argv[0], argv[1], rename > 1);
-	else if (argc <= 2)
+	else if (argc <= 2) {
+		if (kinds != REF_LOCAL_BRANCH)
+			die("-a and -r options to 'git branch' do not make sense with a branch name");
 		create_branch(head, argv[0], (argc == 2) ? argv[1] : head,
 			      force_create, reflog, track);
-	else
+	} else
 		usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index dd3c99d60d..cd87049871 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Format of STDIN stream:
 
   new_commit ::= 'commit' sp ref_str lf
     mark?
-    ('author' sp name sp '<' email '>' sp when lf)?
-    'committer' sp name sp '<' email '>' sp when lf
+    ('author' (sp name)? sp '<' email '>' sp when lf)?
+    'committer' (sp name)? sp '<' email '>' sp when lf
     commit_msg
     ('from' sp committish lf)?
     ('merge' sp committish lf)*
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Format of STDIN stream:
 
   new_tag ::= 'tag' sp tag_str lf
     'from' sp committish lf
-    ('tagger' sp name sp '<' email '>' sp when lf)?
+    ('tagger' (sp name)? sp '<' email '>' sp when lf)?
     tag_msg;
   tag_msg ::= data;
 
diff --git a/t/t5403-post-checkout-hook.sh b/t/t5403-post-checkout-hook.sh
index 5858b868ed..d05a9138b4 100755
--- a/t/t5403-post-checkout-hook.sh
+++ b/t/t5403-post-checkout-hook.sh
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ test_description='Test the post-checkout hook.'
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success setup '
-	 echo Data for commit0. >a &&
-	 echo Data for commit0. >b &&
-	 git update-index --add a &&
-	 git update-index --add b &&
-	 tree0=$(git write-tree) &&
-	 commit0=$(echo setup | git commit-tree $tree0) &&
-        git update-ref refs/heads/master $commit0 &&
-	 git clone ./. clone1 &&
-	 git clone ./. clone2 &&
-        GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git branch -a new2 &&
-        echo Data for commit1. >clone2/b &&
-	 GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git add clone2/b &&
-	 GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git commit -m new2
+	echo Data for commit0. >a &&
+	echo Data for commit0. >b &&
+	git update-index --add a &&
+	git update-index --add b &&
+	tree0=$(git write-tree) &&
+	commit0=$(echo setup | git commit-tree $tree0) &&
+	git update-ref refs/heads/master $commit0 &&
+	git clone ./. clone1 &&
+	git clone ./. clone2 &&
+	GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git branch new2 &&
+	echo Data for commit1. >clone2/b &&
+	GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git add clone2/b &&
+	GIT_DIR=clone2/.git git commit -m new2
 '
 
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