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[PATCH] Misc doc improvements

From
Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
Date
Jun 7, 2006, 18:32 UTC
Message-ID
<20060607183233.GA21448@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Jonas Fonseca <fonseca@diku.dk>
---
 Documentation/git-apply.txt    |    2 +-
 Documentation/git-shortlog.txt |   19 ++++++++++++++++---
 Documentation/glossary.txt     |    7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 9cc7c74..2ff7494 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -C<n>::
 	Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before
 	and after each change.  When fewer lines of surrounding
-	context exist they all most match.  By default no context is
+	context exist they all must match.  By default no context is
 	ever ignored.
 
 --apply::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index 54fb922..0dbd3b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ NAME
 ----
 git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output
 
-
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 git-log --pretty=short | 'git-shortlog'
@@ -13,8 +12,22 @@ git-log --pretty=short | 'git-shortlog'
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Summarizes 'git log' output in a format suitable for inclusion
-in release announcements.
-
+in release announcements. Each commit will be grouped by author
+the first line of the commit message will be shown.
+
+Additionally, "[PATCH]" will be stripped from the commit description.
+
+FILES
+-----
+'.mailcap'::
+	If this file exists, it will be used for mapping author email
+	addresses to a real author name. One mapping per line, first
+	the author name followed by the email address enclosed by
+	'<' and '>'. Use hash '#' for comments. Example:
+
+		# Keep alphabetized
+		Adam Morrow <adam@localhost.localdomain>
+		Eve Jones <eve@laptop.(none)>
 
 Author
 ------
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt
index 39c90ad..879c708 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ file system::
 git archive::
 	Synonym for repository (for arch people).
 
+grafts::
+	Grafts enables two otherwise different lines of development to be
+	joined together by recording fake ancestry information for commits.
+	This way you can make git pretend the set of parents a commit
+	has is different from what was recorded when the commit was created.
+	Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file.
+
 hash::
 	In git's context, synonym to object name.
 
-- 
1.4.0.rc1.gfd4c-dirty
-- 
Jonas Fonseca
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