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-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt129
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches53
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/branch.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/gpg.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cat-file.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-files.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-repack.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-switch.txt2
16 files changed, 278 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt
index aa311cb96e..d69b50d180 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.0.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,19 @@ Backward compatibility warts
* "_" is now treated as any other URL-valid characters in an URL when
matching the per-URL configuration variable names.
+ * The color palette used by "git grep" has been updated to match that
+ of GNU grep.
+
+
+Note to those who build from the source
+
+ * You may need to define NO_UNCOMPRESS2 Makefile macro if you build
+ with zlib older than 1.2.9.
+
+ * If your compiler cannot grok C99, the build will fail. See the
+ instruction at the beginning of git-compat-util.h if this happens
+ to you.
+
UI, Workflows & Features
@@ -65,6 +78,29 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
* The "init" and "set" subcommands in "git sparse-checkout" have been
unified for a better user experience and performance.
+ * Many git commands that deal with working tree files try to remove a
+ directory that becomes empty (i.e. "git switch" from a branch that
+ has the directory to another branch that does not would attempt
+ remove all files in the directory and the directory itself). This
+ drops users into an unfamiliar situation if the command was run in
+ a subdirectory that becomes subject to removal due to the command.
+ The commands have been taught to keep an empty directory if it is
+ the directory they were started in to avoid surprising users.
+
+ * "git am" learns "--empty=(stop|drop|keep)" option to tweak what is
+ done to a piece of e-mail without a patch in it.
+
+ * The default merge message prepared by "git merge" records the name
+ of the current branch; the name can be overridden with a new option
+ to allow users to pretend a merge is made on a different branch.
+
+ * The way "git p4" shows file sizes in its output has been updated to
+ use human-readable units.
+
+ * "git -c branch.autosetupmerge=inherit branch new old" makes "new"
+ to have the same upstream as the "old" branch, instead of marking
+ "old" itself as its upstream.
+
Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
@@ -74,7 +110,7 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
* Teach and encourage first-time contributors to this project to
state the base commit when they submit their topic.
- * The command line complation for "git send-email" options have been
+ * The command line completion for "git send-email" options have been
tweaked to make it easier to keep it in sync with the command itself.
* Ensure that the sparseness of the in-core index matches the
@@ -141,6 +177,27 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
* Broken &&-chains in the test scripts have been corrected.
+ * The RCS keyword substitution in "git p4" used to be done assuming
+ that the contents are UTF-8 text, which can trigger decoding
+ errors. We now treat the contents as a bytestring for robustness
+ and correctness.
+
+ * The conditions to choose different definitions of the FLEX_ARRAY
+ macro for vendor compilers has been simplified to make it easier to
+ maintain.
+
+ * Correctness and performance update to "diff --color-moved" feature.
+
+ * "git upload-pack" (the other side of "git fetch") used a 8kB buffer
+ but most of its payload came on 64kB "packets". The buffer size
+ has been enlarged so that such a packet fits.
+
+ * "git fetch" and "git pull" are now declared sparse-index clean.
+ Also "git ls-files" learns the "--sparse" option to help debugging.
+
+ * Similar message templates have been consolidated so that
+ translators need to work on fewer number of messages.
+
Fixes since v2.34
-----------------
@@ -265,6 +322,68 @@ Fixes since v2.34
which has been corrected.
(merge 17baeaf82d ab/fetch-set-upstream-while-detached later to maint).
+ * Among some code paths that ask an yes/no question, only one place
+ gave a prompt that looked different from the others, which has been
+ updated to match what the others create.
+ (merge 0fc8ed154c km/help-prompt-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git log --invert-grep --author=<name>" used to exclude commits
+ written by the given author, but now "--invert-grep" only affects
+ the matches made by the "--grep=<pattern>" option.
+ (merge 794c000267 rs/log-invert-grep-with-headers later to maint).
+
+ * "git grep --perl-regexp" failed to match UTF-8 characters with
+ wildcard when the pattern consists only of ASCII letters, which has
+ been corrected.
+ (merge 32e3e8bc55 rs/pcre2-utf later to maint).
+
+ * Certain sparse-checkout patterns that are valid in non-cone mode
+ led to segfault in cone mode, which has been corrected.
+
+ * Use of certain "git rev-list" options with "git fast-export"
+ created nonsense results (the worst two of which being "--reverse"
+ and "--invert-grep --grep=<foo>"). The use of "--first-parent" is
+ made to behave a bit more sensible than before.
+ (merge 726a228dfb ws/fast-export-with-revision-options later to maint).
+
+ * Perf tests were run with end-user's shell, but it has been
+ corrected to use the shell specified by $TEST_SHELL_PATH.
+ (merge 9ccab75608 ja/perf-use-specified-shell later to maint).
+
+ * Fix dependency rules to generate hook-list.h header file.
+ (merge d3fd1a6667 ab/makefile-hook-list-dependency-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git stash" by default triggers its "push" action, but its
+ implementation also made "git stash -h" to show short help only for
+ "git stash push", which has been corrected.
+ (merge ca7990cea5 ab/do-not-limit-stash-help-to-push later to maint).
+
+ * "git apply --3way" bypasses the attempt to do a three-way
+ application in more cases to address the regression caused by the
+ recent change to use direct application as a fallback.
+ (merge 34d607032c jz/apply-3-corner-cases later to maint).
+
+ * Fix performance-releated bug in "git subtree" (in contrib/).
+ (merge 3ce8888fb4 jl/subtree-check-parents-argument-passing-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Extend the guidance to choose the base commit to build your work
+ on, and hint/nudge contributors to read others' changes.
+ (merge fdfae830f8 jc/doc-submitting-patches-choice-of-base later to maint).
+
+ * A corner case bug in the ort merge strategy has been corrected.
+ (merge d30126c20d en/merge-ort-renorm-with-rename-delete-conflict-fix later to maint).
+
+ * "git stash apply" forgot to attempt restoring untracked files when
+ it failed to restore changes to tracked ones.
+ (merge 71cade5a0b en/stash-df-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Calling dynamically loaded functions on Windows has been corrected.
+ (merge 4a9b204920 ma/windows-dynload-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Some lockfile code called free() in signal-death code path, which
+ has been corrected.
+ (merge 58d4d7f1c5 ps/lockfile-cleanup-fix later to maint).
+
* Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
(merge 74db416c9c cw/protocol-v2-doc-fix later to maint).
(merge f9b2b6684d ja/doc-cleanup later to maint).
@@ -283,3 +402,11 @@ Fixes since v2.34
(merge 2c68f577fc ew/cbtree-remove-unused-and-broken-cb-unlink later to maint).
(merge eafd6e7e55 ab/die-with-bug later to maint).
(merge 91028f7659 jc/grep-patterntype-default-doc later to maint).
+ (merge 47ca93d071 ds/repack-fixlets later to maint).
+ (merge e6a9bc0c60 rs/t4202-invert-grep-test-fix later to maint).
+ (merge deb5407a42 gh/gpg-doc-markup-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 999bba3e0b rs/daemon-plug-leak later to maint).
+ (merge 786eb1ba39 js/l10n-mention-ngettext-early-in-readme later to maint).
+ (merge 2f12b31b74 ab/makefile-msgfmt-wo-stats later to maint).
+ (merge 0517f591ca fs/gpg-unknown-key-test-fix later to maint).
+ (merge 97d6fb5a1f ma/header-dup-cleanup later to maint).
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..726ba250ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Git v2.35.1 Release Notes
+=========================
+
+Git 2.35 shipped with a regression that broke use of "rebase" and
+"stash" in a secondary worktree. This maintenance release ought to
+fix it.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c59e0c80e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.36.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Git 2.36 Release Notes
+======================
+
+Updates since Git 2.35
+----------------------
+
+Backward compatibility warts
+
+ *
+
+
+Note to those who build from the source
+
+ *
+
+
+UI, Workflows & Features
+
+ *
+
+
+Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
+
+ *
+
+
+Fixes since v2.35
+-----------------
+
+ * "rebase" and "stash" in secondary worktrees are broken in
+ Git 2.35.0, which has been corrected.
+ (merge ff5b7913f0 en/keep-cwd later to maint).
+
+ * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 11e03056f2..92b80d94d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ change is relevant to.
base your work on the tip of the topic.
* A new feature should be based on `master` in general. If the new
- feature depends on a topic that is in `seen`, but not in `master`,
- base your work on the tip of that topic.
+ feature depends on other topics that are in `next`, but not in
+ `master`, fork a branch from the tip of `master`, merge these topics
+ to the branch, and work on that branch. You can remind yourself of
+ how you prepared the base with `git log --first-parent master..`.
* Corrections and enhancements to a topic not yet in `master` should
be based on the tip of that topic. If the topic has not been merged
@@ -28,10 +30,10 @@ change is relevant to.
into the series.
* In the exceptional case that a new feature depends on several topics
- not in `master`, start working on `next` or `seen` privately and send
- out patches for discussion. Before the final merge, you may have to
- wait until some of the dependent topics graduate to `master`, and
- rebase your work.
+ not in `master`, start working on `next` or `seen` privately and
+ send out patches only for discussion. Once your new feature starts
+ to stabilize, you would have to rebase it (see the "depends on other
+ topics" above).
* Some parts of the system have dedicated maintainers with their own
repositories (see the section "Subsystems" below). Changes to
@@ -71,8 +73,13 @@ Make sure that you have tests for the bug you are fixing. See
[[tests]]
When adding a new feature, make sure that you have new tests to show
the feature triggers the new behavior when it should, and to show the
-feature does not trigger when it shouldn't. After any code change, make
-sure that the entire test suite passes.
+feature does not trigger when it shouldn't. After any code change,
+make sure that the entire test suite passes. When fixing a bug, make
+sure you have new tests that break if somebody else breaks what you
+fixed by accident to avoid regression. Also, try merging your work to
+'next' and 'seen' and make sure the tests still pass; topics by others
+that are still in flight may have unexpected interactions with what
+you are trying to do in your topic.
Pushing to a fork of https://github.com/git/git will use their CI
integration to test your changes on Linux, Mac and Windows. See the
@@ -144,8 +151,21 @@ without external resources. Instead of giving a URL to a mailing list
archive, summarize the relevant points of the discussion.
[[commit-reference]]
-If you want to reference a previous commit in the history of a stable
-branch, use the format "abbreviated hash (subject, date)", like this:
+
+There are a few reasons why you may want to refer to another commit in
+the "more stable" part of the history (i.e. on branches like `maint`,
+`master`, and `next`):
+
+. A commit that introduced the root cause of a bug you are fixing.
+
+. A commit that introduced a feature that you are enhancing.
+
+. A commit that conflicts with your work when you made a trial merge
+ of your work into `next` and `seen` for testing.
+
+When you reference a commit on a more stable branch (like `master`,
+`maint` and `next`), use the format "abbreviated hash (subject,
+date)", like this:
....
Commit f86a374 (pack-bitmap.c: fix a memleak, 2015-03-30)
@@ -259,9 +279,11 @@ Please make sure your patch does not add commented out debugging code,
or include any extra files which do not relate to what your patch
is trying to achieve. Make sure to review
your patch after generating it, to ensure accuracy. Before
-sending out, please make sure it cleanly applies to the `master`
-branch head. If you are preparing a work based on "next" branch,
-that is fine, but please mark it as such.
+sending out, please make sure it cleanly applies to the base you
+have chosen in the "Decide what to base your work on" section,
+and unless it targets the `master` branch (which is the default),
+mark your patches as such.
+
[[send-patches]]
=== Sending your patches.
@@ -365,7 +387,10 @@ Security mailing list{security-ml-ref}.
Send your patch with "To:" set to the mailing list, with "cc:" listing
people who are involved in the area you are touching (the `git
contacts` command in `contrib/contacts/` can help to
-identify them), to solicit comments and reviews.
+identify them), to solicit comments and reviews. Also, when you made
+trial merges of your topic to `next` and `seen`, you may have noticed
+work by others conflicting with your changes. There is a good possibility
+that these people may know the area you are touching well.
:current-maintainer: footnote:[The current maintainer: gitster@pobox.com]
:git-ml: footnote:[The mailing list: git@vger.kernel.org]
diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.txt b/Documentation/config/branch.txt
index d323d7327f..1e0c7af014 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/branch.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ branch.autoSetupMerge::
automatic setup is done; `true` -- automatic setup is done when the
starting point is a remote-tracking branch; `always` --
automatic setup is done when the starting point is either a
- local branch or remote-tracking
+ local branch or remote-tracking branch; `inherit` -- if the starting point
+ has a tracking configuration, it is copied to the new
branch. This option defaults to true.
branch.autoSetupRebase::
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
index c9be554c73..0cb189a077 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ gpg.minTrustLevel::
* `fully`
* `ultimate`
-gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand:
+gpg.ssh.defaultKeyCommand::
This command that will be run when user.signingkey is not set and a ssh
signature is requested. On successful exit a valid ssh public key is
expected in the first line of its output. To automatically use the first
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile::
A file containing ssh public keys which you are willing to trust.
The file consists of one or more lines of principals followed by an ssh
public key.
- e.g.: user1@example.com,user2@example.com ssh-rsa AAAAX1...
+ e.g.: `user1@example.com,user2@example.com ssh-rsa AAAAX1...`
See ssh-keygen(1) "ALLOWED SIGNERS" for details.
The principal is only used to identify the key and is available when
verifying a signature.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 0a4a984dfd..09107fb106 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
[--[no-]scissors] [-S[<keyid>]] [--patch-format=<format>]
[--quoted-cr=<action>]
+ [--empty=(stop|drop|keep)]
[(<mbox> | <Maildir>)...]
-'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --show-current-patch[=(diff|raw)])
+'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --show-current-patch[=(diff|raw)] | --allow-empty)
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -63,6 +64,14 @@ OPTIONS
--quoted-cr=<action>::
This flag will be passed down to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
+--empty=(stop|drop|keep)::
+ By default, or when the option is set to 'stop', the command
+ errors out on an input e-mail message lacking a patch
+ and stops into the middle of the current am session. When this
+ option is set to 'drop', skip such an e-mail message instead.
+ When this option is set to 'keep', create an empty commit,
+ recording the contents of the e-mail message as its log.
+
-m::
--message-id::
Pass the `-m` flag to 'git mailinfo' (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]),
@@ -191,6 +200,11 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
the e-mail message; if `diff`, show the diff portion only.
Defaults to `raw`.
+--allow-empty::
+ After a patch failure on an input e-mail message lacking a patch,
+ create an empty commit with the contents of the e-mail message
+ as its log message.
+
DISCUSSION
----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 8af42eff89..731e340cbc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--points-at <object>] [--format=<format>]
[(-r | --remotes) | (-a | --all)]
[--list] [<pattern>...]
-'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
+'git branch' [--track[=(direct|inherit)] | --no-track] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>]
'git branch' --unset-upstream [<branchname>]
'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
@@ -206,24 +206,34 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode.
Display the full sha1s in the output listing rather than abbreviating them.
-t::
---track::
+--track[=(direct|inherit)]::
When creating a new branch, set up `branch.<name>.remote` and
- `branch.<name>.merge` configuration entries to mark the
- start-point branch as "upstream" from the new branch. This
+ `branch.<name>.merge` configuration entries to set "upstream" tracking
+ configuration for the new branch. This
configuration will tell git to show the relationship between the
two branches in `git status` and `git branch -v`. Furthermore,
it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the
upstream when the new branch is checked out.
+
-This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch.
+The exact upstream branch is chosen depending on the optional argument:
+`-t`, `--track`, or `--track=direct` means to use the start-point branch
+itself as the upstream; `--track=inherit` means to copy the upstream
+configuration of the start-point branch.
++
+`--track=direct` is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch.
Set the branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable to `false` if you
want `git switch`, `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if `--no-track`
were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
-start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
+start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. Set it to
+`inherit` if you want to copy the tracking configuration from the
+branch point.
++
+See linkgit:git-pull[1] and linkgit:git-config[1] for additional discussion on
+how the `branch.<name>.remote` and `branch.<name>.merge` options are used.
--no-track::
Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
- branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable is true.
+ branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable is set.
--set-upstream::
As this option had confusing syntax, it is no longer supported.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 27b27e2b30..bef76f4dd0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ git-cat-file - Provide content or type and size information for repository objec
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git cat-file' (-t [--allow-unknown-type]| -s [--allow-unknown-type]| -e | -p | <type> | --textconv | --filters ) [--path=<path>] <object>
-'git cat-file' (--batch[=<format>] | --batch-check[=<format>]) [ --textconv | --filters ] [--follow-symlinks]
+'git cat-file' <type> <object>
+'git cat-file' (-e | -p) <object>
+'git cat-file' (-t | -s) [--allow-unknown-type] <object>
+'git cat-file' (--batch | --batch-check) [--batch-all-objects]
+ [--buffer] [--follow-symlinks] [--unordered]
+ [--textconv | --filters]
+'git cat-file' (--textconv | --filters)
+ [<rev>:<path|tree-ish> | --path=<path|tree-ish> <rev>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index c497db7eae..9f37e22e13 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ of it").
linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
-t::
---track::
+--track[=(direct|inherit)]::
When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration. See
"--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
index 6793d8fc05..6f28812f38 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log]
+'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--into-name <branch>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log]
'git fmt-merge-msg' [-m <message>] [--log[=<n>] | --no-log] -F <file>
DESCRIPTION
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ OPTIONS
Use <message> instead of the branch names for the first line
of the log message. For use with `--log`.
+--into-name <branch>::
+ Prepare the merge message as if merging to the branch `<branch>`,
+ instead of the name of the real branch to which the merge is made.
+
-F <file>::
--file <file>::
Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 113eabc107..be797d7a28 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered]
[--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
[--in-reply-to=<message id>] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
- [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
+ [--ignore-if-in-upstream] [--always]
[--cover-from-description=<mode>]
[--rfc] [--subject-prefix=<subject prefix>]
[(--reroll-count|-v) <n>]
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
patches being generated, and any patch that matches is
ignored.
+--always::
+ Include patches for commits that do not introduce any change,
+ which are omitted by default.
+
--cover-from-description=<mode>::
Controls which parts of the cover letter will be automatically
populated using the branch's description.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 2e3d695fa2..48cc7c0b6f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ Both the <eolinfo> in the index ("i/<eolinfo>")
and in the working tree ("w/<eolinfo>") are shown for regular files,
followed by the ("attr/<eolattr>").
+--sparse::
+ If the index is sparse, show the sparse directories without expanding
+ to the contained files. Sparse directories will be shown with a
+ trailing slash, such as "x/" for a sparse directory "x".
+
\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index e8cecf5a51..3125473cc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [--[no-]edit]
[--no-verify] [-s <strategy>] [-X <strategy-option>] [-S[<keyid>]]
[--[no-]allow-unrelated-histories]
- [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [-F <file>] [<commit>...]
+ [--[no-]rerere-autoupdate] [-m <msg>] [-F <file>]
+ [--into-name <branch>] [<commit>...]
'git merge' (--continue | --abort | --quit)
DESCRIPTION
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
invocations. The automated message can include the branch description.
+--into-name <branch>::
+ Prepare the default merge message as if merging to the branch
+ `<branch>`, instead of the name of the real branch to which
+ the merge is made.
+
-F <file>::
--file=<file>::
Read the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index 7183fb498f..ee30edc178 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ to the new separate pack will be written.
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
-q::
- Pass the `-q` option to 'git pack-objects'. See
- linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
+--quiet::
+ Show no progress over the standard error stream and pass the `-q`
+ option to 'git pack-objects'. See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
-n::
Do not update the server information with
diff --git a/Documentation/git-switch.txt b/Documentation/git-switch.txt
index 5c90f76fbe..bbcbdceb45 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-switch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-switch.txt
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ should result in deletion of the path).
attached to a terminal, regardless of `--quiet`.
-t::
---track::
+--track [direct|inherit]::
When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration.
`-c` is implied. See `--track` in linkgit:git-branch[1] for
details.