SubmittingPatches: Add new section about what to base work on

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 01c463101b9b212f002e10a0d9e89a2df12652a2..fbae9956bf46bdfec948a69a26782557f140bc3f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,14 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.7.0/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0]
+* link:v1.7.0.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.0.5]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.0.5.txt[1.7.0.5],
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.0.4.txt[1.7.0.4],
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.0.3.txt[1.7.0.3],
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.0.2.txt[1.7.0.2],
+  link:RelNotes-1.7.0.1.txt[1.7.0.1],
   link:RelNotes-1.7.0.txt[1.7.0].
 
 * link:v1.6.6.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.6.6.2]
@@ -229,7 +234,10 @@ help ...`.
 
 -p::
 --paginate::
-       Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER).
+       Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER) if standard
+       output is a terminal.  This overrides the `pager.<cmd>`
+       configuration options (see the "Configuration Mechanism" section
+       below).
 
 --no-pager::
        Do not pipe git output into a pager.
@@ -401,7 +409,8 @@ people.  Here is an example:
 ------------
 
 Various commands read from the configuration file and adjust
-their operation accordingly.
+their operation accordingly.  See linkgit:git-config[1] for a
+list.
 
 
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