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-rw-r--r--contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh4
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diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
index 014cd7c3cf..179b96e493 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
# state symbols by setting GIT_PS1_STATESEPARATOR. The default separator
# is SP.
#
+# When there is an in-progress operation such as a merge, rebase,
+# revert, cherry-pick, or bisect, the prompt will include information
+# related to the operation, often in the form "|<OPERATION-NAME>".
+#
# By default, __git_ps1 will compare HEAD to your SVN upstream if it can
# find one, or @{upstream} otherwise. Once you have set
# GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM, you can override it on a per-repository basis by