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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-request-pull.txt3
4 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index a67138a022..bbbade4f51 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -197,7 +197,9 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
--edit-description::
Open an editor and edit the text to explain what the branch is
- for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `request-pull`).
+ for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `format-patch`,
+ `request-pull`, and `merge` (if enabled)). Multi-line explanations
+ may be used.
--contains [<commit>]::
Only list branches which contain the specified commit (HEAD
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 0dac4e9b86..4035649117 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ feeding the result to `git send-email`.
--[no-]cover-letter::
In addition to the patches, generate a cover letter file
- containing the shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can
+ containing the branch description, shortlog and the overall diffstat. You can
fill in a description in the file before sending it out.
--notes[=<ref>]::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 273a1009be..a62d6729b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ will be appended to the specified message.
+
The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
-invocations.
+invocations. The automated message can include the branch description.
--[no-]rerere-autoupdate::
Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
index 283577b0b6..c32cb0bea1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
-----------
Generate a request asking your upstream project to pull changes into
-their tree. The request, printed to the standard output, summarizes
+their tree. The request, printed to the standard output,
+begins with the branch description, summarizes
the changes and indicates from where they can be pulled.
The upstream project is expected to have the commit named by