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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-add.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-annotate.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-apply.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-archimport.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-archive.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bisect.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-blame.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bundle.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cat-file.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-attr.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cherry.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-citool.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-clean.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-clone.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-config.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-count-objects.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-daemon.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-describe.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff-files.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff-index.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-difftool.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fast-export.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fast-import.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fetch.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fsck.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-gc.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-grep.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-gui.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-hash-object.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-help.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-http-push.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-imap-send.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-index-pack.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-init.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-instaweb.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-lost-found.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-files.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-base.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-file.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-index.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mergetool.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mktag.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mktree.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mv.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-name-rev.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-patch-id.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-prune.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pull.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-push.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-read-tree.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-reflog.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-relink.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-repack.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-replace.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-request-pull.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rerere.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-reset.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-list.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-revert.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rm.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-email.txt15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-pack.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-shell.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-shortlog.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-branch.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-index.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-ref.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stash.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-stripspace.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-submodule.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-svn.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tag.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-index.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-ref.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-var.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-web--browse.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-write-tree.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitcli.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitignore.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt4
134 files changed, 4 insertions, 1134 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index a03448f923..7eebbefe7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -378,14 +378,6 @@ linkgit:git-mv[1]
linkgit:git-commit[1]
linkgit:git-update-index[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 51297d09ec..621b720091 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -189,15 +189,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-apply[1].
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
index 0590eec056..9eb75c37da 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-blame[1]
-AUTHOR
-------
-Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 2dcfc097d3..afd2c9ae59 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -246,20 +246,10 @@ If `--index` is not specified, then the submodule commits in the patch
are ignored and only the absence or presence of the corresponding
subdirectory is checked and (if possible) updated.
-
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-am[1].
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
index 2411ce5bfe..f4504ba9bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archimport.txt
@@ -107,14 +107,6 @@ OPTIONS
Archive/branch identifier in a format that `tla log` understands.
-Author
-------
-Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano, Martin Langhoff and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index bf5037ab2a..f2b8684596 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -153,14 +153,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:gitattributes[5]
-Author
-------
-Written by Franck Bui-Huu and Rene Scharfe.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index c39d957c3a..a1e47d6798 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -322,14 +322,6 @@ $ git bisect run sh -c "make || exit 125; ~/check_test_case.sh"
+
Does the same as the previous example, but on a single line.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
SEE ALSO
--------
link:git-bisect-lk2009.html[Fighting regressions with git bisect],
diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
index c71671b4f9..c4d1ff86c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -198,10 +198,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-annotate[1]
-AUTHOR
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 9106d38e40..c50f189827 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -232,14 +232,6 @@ linkgit:git-remote[1],
link:user-manual.html#what-is-a-branch[``Understanding history: What is
a branch?''] in the Git User's Manual.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index 299007b206..92b01ec25d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ You can also see what references it offers:
$ git ls-remote mybundle
----------------
-Author
-------
-Written by Mark Levedahl <mdl123@verizon.net>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 544ba7ba21..2fb95bbd19 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -100,14 +100,6 @@ for each object specified on stdin that does not exist in the repository:
<object> SP missing LF
------------
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
index 50824e3a2d..30eca6cee6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
@@ -86,15 +86,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:gitattributes[5].
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by James Bowes.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
index 0c0a9c14bc..4d33e7be0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
@@ -172,18 +172,6 @@ $ git checkout-index --prefix=.merged- Makefile
This will check out the currently cached copy of `Makefile`
into the file `.merged-Makefile`.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves,
-Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 396f4cc15b..1063f69023 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -422,15 +422,6 @@ $ edit frotz
$ git add frotz
------------
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index 5d85daa5fe..01db83039f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -171,14 +171,6 @@ the working tree.
spending extra time to avoid mistakes based on incorrectly matching
context lines.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-revert[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
index fed115acd0..79448c505b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry.txt
@@ -63,14 +63,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-patch-id[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-citool.txt b/Documentation/git-citool.txt
index fb2753c97e..6e5c8126f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-citool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-citool.txt
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@ to the less interactive 'git commit' program.
'git citool' is actually a standard alias for `git gui citool`.
See linkgit:git-gui[1] for more details.
-Author
-------
-Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
index 60e38e6e27..974e04ef1a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ OPTIONS
Remove only files ignored by git. This may be useful to rebuild
everything from scratch, but keep manually created files.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 42e7021215..8577480074 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -236,17 +236,6 @@ $ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
/pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git
------------
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index 5dcf4278fc..f524d76019 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -93,15 +93,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-write-tree[1]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 411fa68e9d..d0534b8c05 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -397,12 +397,6 @@ linkgit:git-mv[1],
linkgit:git-merge[1],
linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 543dd64a46..8804de327f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -336,15 +336,6 @@ echo "${WS}your whitespace color or blue reverse${RESET}"
include::config.txt[]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Johannes Schindelin, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
index 6bc1c21e62..a73933a931 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
@@ -25,15 +25,6 @@ OPTIONS
and number of objects that can be removed by running
`git prune-packed`.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index d25661eb21..ad93a3e84e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -112,14 +112,6 @@ $ cd ~/project_cvs_checkout
$ git cherry cvshead myhead | sed -n 's/^+ //p' | xargs -l1 git cvsexportcommit -c -p -v
------------
-Author
-------
-Written by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> and others.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org> and others.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index 608cd63fc3..6695ab3b4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -217,15 +217,6 @@ more stable in practice:
* cvs2git (part of cvs2svn), `http://cvs2svn.tigris.org`
* parsecvs, `http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~keithp/parsecvs`
-Author
-------
-Written by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>, with help from
-various participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
index 70cbb2cae7..88d814af0e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
@@ -391,22 +391,6 @@ Dependencies
------------
'git-cvsserver' depends on DBD::SQLite.
-Copyright and Authors
----------------------
-
-This program is copyright The Open University UK - 2006.
-
-Authors:
-
-- Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>
-- Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>
-
-with ideas and patches from participants of the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Martyn Smith <martyn@catalyst.net.nz>, Martin Langhoff <martin@laptop.org>, and Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index d15cb6a845..ebd13be72e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -279,17 +279,6 @@ that connected to it, if the IP address is available. REMOTE_ADDR will
be available in the environment of hooks called when
services are performed.
-
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
-<yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 02e015ad9c..039cce2e98 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -156,17 +156,6 @@ selected and output. Here fewest commits different is defined as
the number of commits which would be shown by `git log tag..input`
will be the smallest number of commits possible.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, but somewhat
-butchered by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>. Later significantly
-updated by Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
index 9cd8ccef37..8d481948bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-files.txt
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@ omit diff output for unmerged entries and just show "Unmerged".
include::diff-format.txt[]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
index 162cb741b3..6d18486402 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-index.txt
@@ -116,15 +116,6 @@ tell which file is in which state, since the "has been updated" ones
show a valid sha1, and the "not in sync with the index" ones will
always have the special all-zero sha1.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
index a7e37b875f..4e5f127efa 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt
@@ -162,15 +162,6 @@ in case you care).
include::diff-format.txt[]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 49105102db..f8d0819113 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -174,14 +174,6 @@ linkgit:gitdiffcore[7],
linkgit:git-format-patch[1],
linkgit:git-apply[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index db87f1d423..a5d9c121f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -109,15 +109,6 @@ linkgit:git-mergetool[1]::
linkgit:git-config[1]::
Get and set repository or global options
-
-AUTHOR
-------
-Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
index e05b686b1e..781bd6edc3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
@@ -135,15 +135,6 @@ Since 'git fast-import' cannot tag trees, you will not be
able to export the linux-2.6.git repository completely, as it contains
a tag referencing a tree instead of a commit.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Johannes E. Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Johannes E. Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index e1b7a0f9ec..2c2ea12c5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -1350,14 +1350,6 @@ operator can use this facility to peek at the objects and refs from an
import in progress, at the cost of some added running time and worse
compression.
-Author
-------
-Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
index 4a8487c154..48d4bf6d68 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch-pack.txt
@@ -90,15 +90,6 @@ OPTIONS
$GIT_DIR (e.g. "HEAD", "refs/heads/master"). When
unspecified, update from all heads the remote side has.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index c76e313923..7146f6ba0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -80,16 +80,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-pull[1]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index 796e7489ff..03c76c717a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -405,16 +405,6 @@ warned.
(or if your git-gc is not new enough to support arguments to
`\--prune`, use `git repack -ad; git prune` instead).
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Petr "Pasky" Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>,
-and the git list <git@vger.kernel.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Petr Baudis and the git list.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
index 75adf7a502..32aff954a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-merge[1]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Petr Baudis, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 9dcafc6d44..a5525e9aa8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -278,15 +278,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
index 86f9b2bf91..c9ede794b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
@@ -140,14 +140,6 @@ GIT_INDEX_FILE::
GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES::
used to specify additional object database roots (usually unset)
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 26632414b2..4966cb5784 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -151,10 +151,6 @@ linkgit:git-reflog[1]
linkgit:git-repack[1]
linkgit:git-rerere[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt
index 790af9573b..8035736c96 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-get-tar-commit-id.txt
@@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ return code of 1. This can happen if <tarfile> had not been created
using 'git archive' or if the first parameter of 'git archive' had been
a tree ID instead of a commit ID or tag.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index dab0a78fa8..d4d425ea30 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -203,16 +203,6 @@ git grep --all-match -e NODE -e Unexpected::
Looks for a line that has `NODE` or `Unexpected` in
files that have lines that match both.
-Author
-------
-Originally written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, later
-revamped by Junio C Hamano.
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-gui.txt b/Documentation/git-gui.txt
index 2563710b56..32a833e0ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gui.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gui.txt
@@ -121,14 +121,6 @@ or
or browsed online at http://repo.or.cz/w/git-gui.git/[].
-Author
-------
-Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
index 51edeecbe5..4b0a502e8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ OPTIONS
conversion. If the file is read from standard input then this
is always implied, unless the --path option is given.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index eccd0ffd38..42aa2b0c01 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -171,17 +171,6 @@ $ git config --global web.browser firefox
as they are probably more user specific than repository specific.
See linkgit:git-config[1] for more information about this.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and the git-list
-<git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Initial documentation was part of the linkgit:git[1] man page.
-Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> extracted and rewrote it a
-little. Maintenance is done by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
index d91cb7ff85..fefa752198 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ commit-id::
Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after
an earlier fetch is interrupted.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
index ddf7a18dc4..82ae34b9b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
@@ -91,15 +91,6 @@ With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.
Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Nick Hengeveld
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index 57aba42e66..d3013d6a29 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -124,14 +124,6 @@ Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic. Thunderbird
users may wish to visit this web page for more information:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email
-Author
-------
-Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Mike McCormack
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
index c2bb81042c..909687fed4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-pack.txt
@@ -85,15 +85,6 @@ new .keep file was successfully created. This is useful to remove a
.keep file used as a lock to prevent the race with 'git repack'
mentioned above.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Sergey Vlasov
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 00d4a124c9..593192555e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -134,15 +134,6 @@ $ git add . <2>
<1> prepare /path/to/my/codebase/.git directory
<2> add all existing file to the index
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
index 7477ce8fa8..08f85ba046 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
@@ -84,14 +84,6 @@ If the configuration variable 'instaweb.browser' is not set,
'web.browser' will be used instead if it is defined. See
linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1] for more information about this.
-Author
-------
-Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index ff41784c60..7fb842334f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -181,14 +181,6 @@ This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
index 602b8d5d4d..adf7e1c055 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-lost-found.txt
@@ -67,15 +67,6 @@ $ git rev-parse not-lost-anymore
1ef2b196d909eed523d4f3c9bf54b78cdd6843c6
------------
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 86abd13451..4b28292811 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -209,15 +209,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Josh Triplett, and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
index 3422765827..c3df8c0ebe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ EXAMPLES
c5db5456ae3b0873fc659c19fafdde22313cc441 refs/tags/v0.99.2
7ceca275d047c90c0c7d5afb13ab97efdf51bd6e refs/tags/v0.99.3
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index 76ed625e7b..16e87fd6dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
@@ -95,18 +95,6 @@ Object size identified by <object> is given in bytes, and right-justified
with minimum width of 7 characters. Object size is given only for blobs
(file) entries; for other entries `-` character is used in place of size.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
-Completely rewritten from scratch by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
-another major rewrite by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list
-<git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
index 3ea5aad56c..ed45662cc9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
@@ -80,17 +80,6 @@ This can enabled by default with the configuration option mailinfo.scissors.
<patch>::
The patch extracted from e-mail.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
index 71912a19a4..9b2049d674 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
@@ -46,16 +46,6 @@ OPTIONS
--keep-cr::
Do not remove `\r` from lines ending with `\r\n`.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
index eedef1bb1a..ba36ec04f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
@@ -102,14 +102,6 @@ both '1' and '2' are merge-bases of A and B. Neither one is better than
the other (both are 'best' merge bases). When the `--all` option is not given,
it is unspecified which best one is output.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
See also
--------
linkgit:git-rev-list[1],
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt
index f334d694e0..635c66956e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt
@@ -86,17 +86,6 @@ git merge-file -L a -L b -L c tmp/a123 tmp/b234 tmp/c345::
merges tmp/a123 and tmp/c345 with the base tmp/b234, but uses labels
`a` and `c` instead of `tmp/a123` and `tmp/c345`.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Johannes Schindelin and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>,
-with parts copied from the original documentation of RCS 'merge'.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
index 921b38f183..6ce54673b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
@@ -73,15 +73,6 @@ merge once anything has returned an error (i.e., `cat` returned an error
for the AA file, because it didn't exist in the original, and thus
'git merge-index' didn't even try to merge the MM thing).
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-One-shot merge by Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt
index a163cfca69..ee059def79 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt
@@ -15,15 +15,6 @@ DESCRIPTION
This is the standard helper program to use with 'git merge-index'
to resolve a merge after the trivial merge done with 'git read-tree -m'.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt
index f869a7f00f..3bfa7b4220 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ merge results outside of the index, and stuff the results back into the
index. For this reason, the output from the command omits
entries that match the <branch1> tree.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index c1efaaa5c5..fb4c05b83f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -312,15 +312,6 @@ linkgit:git-diff[1], linkgit:git-ls-files[1],
linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-rm[1],
linkgit:git-mergetool[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt
index d8df55362c..63ededec1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt
@@ -41,14 +41,6 @@ run_merge_tool::
'$MERGED', '$LOCAL', '$REMOTE', and '$BASE' must be defined
for use by the merge tool.
-Author
-------
-Written by David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Aguilar and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
index 1f75a848ba..1834adba75 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -82,14 +82,6 @@ Setting the `mergetool.keepBackup` configuration variable to `false`
causes `git mergetool` to automatically remove the backup as files
are successfully merged.
-Author
-------
-Written by Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Theodore Y Ts'o.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt
index 8bcc11443d..037ab1045d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mktag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mktag.txt
@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@ exists, is separated by a blank line from the header. The
message part may contain a signature that git itself doesn't
care about, but that can be verified with gpg.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt
index 81e3326772..afe21be64d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mktree.txt
@@ -34,14 +34,6 @@ OPTIONS
optional. Note - if the '-z' option is used, lines are terminated
with NUL.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
index bdcb58526e..db0e030d69 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
@@ -39,17 +39,6 @@ OPTIONS
--dry-run::
Do nothing; only show what would happen
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-Rewritten by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
-Move functionality added by Josef Weidendorfer <Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
index 2108237c36..ad1d1468c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
@@ -70,15 +70,6 @@ Another nice thing you can do is:
% git log | git name-rev --stdin
------------
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Johannes Schindelin.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 65eff66afe..a51071e524 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -219,15 +219,6 @@ self-contained. Use `git index-pack --fix-thin`
With this option, parents that are hidden by grafts are packed
nevertheless.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano
-
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rev-list[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
index d0607879db..db9f0f7055 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@ OPTIONS
--verbose::
Outputs some statistics to stderr. Has a small performance penalty.
-Author
-------
-Written by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se>
-
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt
index 1ee99c208c..54b92534ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-refs.txt
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ a repository with many branches of historical interests.
The command usually removes loose refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs`
hierarchy after packing them. This option tells it not to.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt
index 39d9daa7e0..02217f6ba2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ routines to parse files under $GIT_DIR/remotes/ and
$GIT_DIR/branches/ and configuration variables that are related
to fetching, pulling and pushing.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
index 4dae1390a5..50e26f43c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ OPTIONS
<patch>::
The diff to create the ID of.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt
index 87dacd797f..a34d62f0da 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt
@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@ OPTIONS
The repository to sync from.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
index abfc6b6ead..9e6202cdff 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@ OPTIONS
--quiet::
Squelch the progress indicator.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
-
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt
index 4d673a5686..f616a739ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt
@@ -78,14 +78,6 @@ linkgit:git-fsck[1],
linkgit:git-gc[1],
linkgit:git-reflog[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index b33e6be872..c2a7f103ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -224,18 +224,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-fetch[1], linkgit:git-merge[1], linkgit:git-config[1]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Jon Loeliger,
-David Greaves,
-Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index e11660a2e6..88acfcd4cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -406,16 +406,6 @@ Commits A and B would no longer belong to a branch with a symbolic name,
and so would be unreachable. As such, these commits would be removed by
a `git gc` command on the origin repository.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, later rewritten in C
-by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
index 579e8d2f3b..7f112f3dcd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-quiltimport.txt
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ The default for the patch directory is patches
or the value of the $QUILT_PATCHES environment
variable.
-Author
-------
-Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index 634423a69e..26fdadc642 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -421,15 +421,6 @@ SEE ALSO
linkgit:git-write-tree[1]; linkgit:git-ls-files[1];
linkgit:gitignore[5]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 96680c8456..671f04a281 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -658,7 +658,6 @@ The ripple effect of a "hard case" recovery is especially bad:
'everyone' downstream from 'topic' will now have to perform a "hard
case" recovery too!
-
BUGS
----
The todo list presented by `--preserve-merges --interactive` does not
@@ -681,15 +680,6 @@ by moving the "pick 4" line will result in the following history:
1 --- 2 --- 4 --- 5
------------
-Authors
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and
-Johannes E. Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
index 2790eebaff..f34e0ae1bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
@@ -151,15 +151,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-send-pack[1]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
index e50bd9b68d..09057bf90c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
@@ -90,14 +90,6 @@ them.
--verbose::
Print extra information on screen.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-relink.txt b/Documentation/git-relink.txt
index 8fc809f82b..9893376487 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-relink.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-relink.txt
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ OPTIONS
<dir>::
Directories containing a .git/objects/ subdirectory.
-Author
-------
-Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
index 51de895822..87cd11f2c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
@@ -239,10 +239,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-remote[1]
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Daniel Barkalow and Ilari Liusvaara
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index c258ea48db..37bd3e5388 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -214,16 +214,6 @@ linkgit:git-fetch[1]
linkgit:git-branch[1]
linkgit:git-config[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio Hamano
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index 27f7865b06..0decee240b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -123,15 +123,6 @@ need to set the configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` to
is unaffected by this option as the conversion is performed on the fly
as needed in that case.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
-
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replace.txt b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
index fde2092582..17df525275 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-replace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-replace.txt
@@ -80,17 +80,6 @@ linkgit:git-tag[1]
linkgit:git-branch[1]
linkgit:git[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and Junio C
-Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, based on 'git tag' by Kristian Hogsberg
-<krh@redhat.com> and Carlos Rica <jasampler@gmail.com>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the
-git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>, based on 'git tag' documentation.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
index 400f61f6e2..3521d8e3c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ OPTIONS
<end>::
Commit to end at; defaults to HEAD.
-Author
-------
-Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt
index db99d4786e..161ecad2a9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt
@@ -205,11 +205,6 @@ would conflict the same way as the test merge you resolved earlier.
'git rerere' will be run by 'git rebase' to help you resolve this
conflict.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 927ecee2f2..8481f9db74 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -397,15 +397,6 @@ entries:
X means any state and U means an unmerged index.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index 8e1e32908c..5ce4d7fd0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -105,16 +105,6 @@ include::rev-list-options.txt[]
include::pretty-formats.txt[]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Jonas Fonseca
-and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index ff23cb0219..02c44c999f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -308,16 +308,6 @@ $ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV
+
but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> .
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index 45be851750..ac10cfbb14 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -105,14 +105,6 @@ git revert -n master{tilde}5..master{tilde}2::
changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the
index.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rm.txt b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
index 0adbe8b1f8..8c0554f971 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rm.txt
@@ -153,14 +153,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-add[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 7ec9dabe68..ee14f74fd3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ sendemail.confirm::
one of 'always', 'never', 'cc', 'compose', or 'auto'. See '--confirm'
in the previous section for the meaning of these values.
-
Use gmail as the smtp server
----------------------------
@@ -363,20 +362,6 @@ Add the following section to the config file:
Note: the following perl modules are required
Net::SMTP::SSL, MIME::Base64 and Authen::SASL
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
-
-git-send-email is originally based upon
-send_lots_of_email.pl by Greg Kroah-Hartman.
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Ryan Anderson
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
index deaa7d9654..17f8f55526 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
@@ -114,15 +114,6 @@ With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.
Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt
index 3da241304b..053df505bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sh-setup.txt
@@ -66,15 +66,6 @@ get_author_ident_from_commit::
outputs code for use with eval to set the GIT_AUTHOR_NAME,
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL and GIT_AUTHOR_DATE variables for a given commit.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt
index 6403126a02..d7d4b92894 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt
@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@ read and execute permissions to the directory in order to execute the
programs in it. The programs are executed with a cwd of $HOME, and
<argument> is parsed as a command-line string.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index 5cc3baf48d..ff3755b4c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -68,15 +68,6 @@ spelled differently.
include::mailmap.txt[]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index 3b0c88271a..ee4559b6f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -200,17 +200,6 @@ shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago.
Without `--list`, the output also shows how these tips are
topologically related with each other.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
index 8382fbe0ec..c4d99f1028 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-index.txt
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@ The information it outputs is subset of what you can get from
'git verify-pack -v'; this command only shows the packfile
offset and SHA1 of each object.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
index be0ec189af..3c45895299 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
@@ -177,11 +177,6 @@ linkgit:git-ls-remote[1],
linkgit:git-update-ref[1],
linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5]
-AUTHORS
--------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.
-Man page by Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index f0a8a1aff3..7f075e84f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -72,17 +72,6 @@ Discussion
include::i18n.txt[]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>. Significantly enhanced by
-Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>.
-
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 8728f7a514..79abc38e50 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -257,10 +257,6 @@ linkgit:git-commit[1],
linkgit:git-reflog[1],
linkgit:git-reset[1]
-AUTHOR
-------
-Written by Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@bluebottle.com>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 5102a23f8e..00b699fef7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -174,14 +174,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:gitignore[5]
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt b/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt
index 7508c0e42d..10509cc450 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stripspace.txt
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ OPTIONS
<stream>::
Byte stream to act on.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 1ed331c599..3a5aa01435 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -257,11 +257,6 @@ This file should be formatted in the same way as `$GIT_DIR/config`. The key
to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url". See linkgit:gitmodules[5]
for details.
-
-AUTHOR
-------
-Written by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index e161a40a73..6a6929dae0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -877,11 +877,3 @@ reset) branches-maxRev and/or tags-maxRev as appropriate.
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-rebase[1]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>.
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
index 33a1536294..d7795ed657 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ and symbolic refs are used by default.
symbolic ref were printed correctly, with status 1 if the requested
name is not a symbolic ref, or 128 if another error occurs.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 65f76c5440..61263fa329 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -262,15 +262,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
index 3c786bd283..5f15754257 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
@@ -76,14 +76,6 @@ git tar-tree HEAD:Documentation/ git-docs > git-1.4.0-docs.tar::
Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory
into 'git-1.4.0-docs.tar', with the prefix 'git-docs/'.
-Author
-------
-Written by Rene Scharfe.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt
index 995db9fead..c49d727f74 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-file.txt
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ OPTIONS
<blob>::
Must be a blob id
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt
index 36d1038056..dd7799095b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-unpack-objects.txt
@@ -43,15 +43,6 @@ OPTIONS
--strict::
Don't write objects with broken content or links.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 1ca56c85aa..d3931294d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -365,15 +365,6 @@ SEE ALSO
linkgit:git-config[1],
linkgit:git-add[1]
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
index 9639f705af..e25a65a80f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ An update will fail (without changing <ref>) if the current user is
unable to create a new log file, append to the existing log file
or does not have committer information available.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt
index 035cc3018f..775024da3e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt
@@ -38,15 +38,6 @@ what they are for:
* info/refs
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt
index f5f2b3908b..acbf634f85 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ OPTIONS
<directory>::
The repository to get a tar archive from.
-Author
-------
-Written by Franck Bui-Huu.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
index 71ca4ef442..4c0ca9ded2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ OPTIONS
<directory>::
The repository to sync from.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
index 458f3e2755..6498f7cb69 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-var.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -65,14 +65,6 @@ linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]
linkgit:git-tag[1]
linkgit:git-config[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Eric Biederman and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt
index 0f848de8b2..7c2428d569 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ for objects that are not deltified in the pack, and
for objects that are deltified.
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
index 711219749c..8c9a71865b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ OPTIONS
<tag>...::
SHA1 identifiers of git tag objects.
-Author
-------
-Written by Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu> and Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
index c0416e5e1a..69d92fa00e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt
@@ -116,16 +116,6 @@ $ git config --global web.browser firefox
as they are probably more user specific than repository specific.
See linkgit:git-config[1] for more information about this.
-Author
-------
-Written by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the git-list
-<git@vger.kernel.org>, based on 'git mergetool' by Theodore Y. Ts'o.
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> and the
-git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
index ea753cdafc..31f3663ae7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-whatchanged.txt
@@ -63,17 +63,6 @@ git whatchanged --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
'gitk'
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
index bfceacacb3..e8c94c1352 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
@@ -36,15 +36,6 @@ OPTIONS
`<prefix>`. This can be used to write the tree object
for a subproject that is in the named subdirectory.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 0c32d45248..4323843fe6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -745,16 +745,10 @@ unmerged version of a file when a merge is in progress.
Authors
-------
-* git's founding father is Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.
-* The current git nurse is Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.
-* The git potty was written by Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>.
-* General upbringing is handled by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-The documentation for git suite was started by David Greaves
-<david@dgreaves.com>, and later enhanced greatly by the
-contributors on the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio
+C Hamano. Numerous contributions have come from the git mailing list
+<git@vger.kernel.org>. For a complete list of contributors, see
+linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1].
Reporting Bugs
--------------
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
index 6928724a05..f734f97b8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
@@ -169,10 +169,6 @@ See also http://marc.info/?l=git&m=116563135620359 and
http://marc.info/?l=git&m=119150393620273 for further
information.
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Pierre Habouzit and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 8416f3445a..2e7328b830 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -156,11 +156,6 @@ SEE ALSO
linkgit:git-rm[1], linkgit:git-update-index[1],
linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5]
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Josh Triplett,
-Frank Lichtenheld, and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index e21bac4f3f..e10ac58cae 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -113,15 +113,6 @@ SEE ALSO
A minimal repository browser and git tool output highlighter written
in C using Ncurses.
-Author
-------
-Written by Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano, Jonas Fonseca, and the git-list
-<git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index 68977943e7..15a2186559 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-submodule[1] linkgit:git-config[1]
-DOCUMENTATION
--------------
-Documentation by Lars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite