5 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt
index 5bbd18f020..add6f435b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-directory-listing.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ The result of the enumeration is left in these fields::
 Calling sequence
 ----------------
 
+Note: index may be looked at for .gitignore files that are CE_SKIP_WORKTREE
+marked. If you to exclude files, make sure you have loaded index first.
+
 * Prepare `struct dir_struct dir` and clear it with `memset(&dir, 0,
   sizeof(dir))`.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
index b26c28133c..68bf4cad8b 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The functions above do the following:
   ENOENT; a diagnostic is printed only if .silent_exec_failure is 0.
 
 . Otherwise, the program is run. If it terminates regularly, its exit
-  code is returned. No diagnistic is printed, even if the exit code is
+  code is returned. No diagnostic is printed, even if the exit code is
   non-zero.
 
 . If the program terminated due to a signal, then the return value is the
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt
index a0e0f850f8..afe2759951 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ character if the letter `n` appears after a `%`.  The function returns
 the length of the placeholder recognized and `strbuf_expand()` skips
 over it.
 +
+The format `%%` is automatically expanded to a single `%` as a quoting
+mechanism; callers do not need to handle the `%` placeholder themselves,
+and the callback function will not be invoked for this placeholder.
++
 All other characters (non-percent and not skipped ones) are copied
 verbatim to the strbuf.  If the callback returned zero, meaning that the
 placeholder is unknown, then the percent sign is copied, too.
@@ -214,6 +218,13 @@ which can be used by the programmer of the callback as she sees fit.
 	placeholder and replacement string.  The array needs to be
 	terminated by an entry with placeholder set to NULL.
 
+`strbuf_addbuf_percentquote`::
+
+	Append the contents of one strbuf to another, quoting any
+	percent signs ("%") into double-percents ("%%") in the
+	destination. This is useful for literal data to be fed to either
+	strbuf_expand or to the *printf family of functions.
+
 `strbuf_addf`::
 
 	Add a formatted string to the buffer.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
index 7950eeeda4..9a5cdafa9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ advertisement list at all, but other refs may still appear.
 The stream MUST include capability declarations behind a NUL on the
 first ref. The peeled value of a ref (that is "ref^{}") MUST be
 immediately after the ref itself, if presented. A conforming server
-MUST peel the ref if its an annotated tag.
+MUST peel the ref if it's an annotated tag.
 
 ----
   advertised-refs  =  (no-refs / list-of-refs)
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Without either multi_ack or multi_ack_detailed:
 
  * upload-pack sends "NAK" on a flush-pkt if no common object
    has been found yet.  If one has been found, and thus an ACK
-   was already sent, its silent on the flush-pkt.
+   was already sent, it's silent on the flush-pkt.
 
 After the client has gotten enough ACK responses that it can determine
 that the server has enough information to send an efficient packfile
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ as common with the server, or the --date-order queue is empty), or the
 client determines that it wants to give up (in the canonical implementation,
 this is determined when the client sends 256 'have' lines without getting
 any of them ACKed by the server - meaning there is nothing in common and
-the server should just send all it's objects), then the client will send
+the server should just send all of its objects), then the client will send
 a 'done' command.  The 'done' command signals to the server that the client
-is ready to receive it's packfile data.
+is ready to receive its packfile data.
 
 However, the 256 limit *only* turns on in the canonical client
 implementation if we have received at least one "ACK %s continue"
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ ACK after 'done' if there is at least one common base and multi_ack or
 multi_ack_detailed is enabled. The server always sends NAK after 'done'
 if there is no common base found.
 
-Then the server will start sending it's packfile data.
+Then the server will start sending its packfile data.
 
 ----
   server-response = *ack_multi ack / nak
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
index 1892d3eeac..fd1a593149 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ doesn't, as in the following diagram:
 If the client wants x,y and starts out by saying have F,S, the server
 doesn't know what F,S is.  Eventually the client says "have d" and
 the server sends "ACK d continue" to let the client know to stop
-walking down that line (so don't send c-b-a), but its not done yet,
+walking down that line (so don't send c-b-a), but it's not done yet,
 it needs a base for x. The client keeps going with S-R-Q, until a
 gets reached, at which point the server has a clear base and it all
 ends.
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ delete-refs
 -----------
 
 If the server sends back the 'delete-refs' capability, it means that
-it is capable of accepting an zero-id value as the target
+it is capable of accepting a zero-id value as the target
 value of a reference update.  It is not sent back by the client, it
 simply informs the client that it can be sent zero-id values
 to delete references.