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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 97b9993ee8..4a6c47f843 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ OPTIONS
(works only for a single file).
--no-decorate::
---decorate[=short|full|no]::
+--decorate[=short|full|auto|no]::
Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
- full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
- is 'short'.
+ full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. If 'auto' is
+ specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, the ref names
+ are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref names are
+ shown. The default option is 'short'.
--source::
Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
@@ -185,10 +187,10 @@ log.date::
dates like `Sat May 8 19:35:34 2010 -0500`.
log.follow::
- If a single <path> is given to git log, it will act as
- if the `--follow` option was also used. This has the same
- limitations as `--follow`, i.e. it cannot be used to follow
- multiple files and does not work well on non-linear history.
+ If `true`, `git log` will act as if the `--follow` option was used when
+ a single <path> is given. This has the same limitations as `--follow`,
+ i.e. it cannot be used to follow multiple files and does not work well
+ on non-linear history.
log.showRoot::
If `false`, `git log` and related commands will not treat the
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ mailmap.*::
notes.displayRef::
Which refs, in addition to the default set by `core.notesRef`
- or 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
+ or `GIT_NOTES_REF`, to read notes from when showing commit
messages with the `log` family of commands. See
linkgit:git-notes[1].
+
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ multiple times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist,
but a glob that does not match any refs is silently ignored.
+
This setting can be disabled by the `--no-notes` option,
-overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
+overridden by the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF` environment variable,
and overridden by the `--notes=<ref>` option.
GIT