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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote.txt4
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
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@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ was passed.
Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
configuration settings for the remote are updated.
++
+In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
+`$GIT_DIR/remotes` or `$GIT_DIR/branches`, the remote is converted to
+the configuration file format.
'rm'::