test: allow running the tests under "prove"

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index cb3b98a18c974d3bf56108a7604e68396fa76976..fc56da677cb0ed3d9243bfb928686b60df213243 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ is usually a shortcut for the HEAD branch in the repository "origin".
 For the complete list of paths which git checks for references, and
 the order it uses to decide which to choose when there are multiple
 references with the same shorthand name, see the "SPECIFYING
-REVISIONS" section of linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+REVISIONS" section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
 
 [[Updating-a-repository-With-git-fetch]]
 Updating a repository with git fetch
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ We have seen several ways of naming commits already:
        - HEAD: refers to the head of the current branch
 
 There are many more; see the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section of the
-linkgit:gitrevisions[1] man page for the complete list of ways to
+linkgit:gitrevisions[7] man page for the complete list of ways to
 name revisions.  Some examples:
 
 -------------------------------------------------
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ commits reachable from some head but not from any tag in the repository:
 $ gitk $( git show-ref --heads ) --not  $( git show-ref --tags )
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-(See linkgit:gitrevisions[1] for explanations of commit-selecting
+(See linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for explanations of commit-selecting
 syntax such as `--not`.)
 
 [[making-a-release]]
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ you've checked out.
 The reflogs are kept by default for 30 days, after which they may be
 pruned.  See linkgit:git-reflog[1] and linkgit:git-gc[1] to learn
 how to control this pruning, and see the "SPECIFYING REVISIONS"
-section of linkgit:gitrevisions[1] for details.
+section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7] for details.
 
 Note that the reflog history is very different from normal git history.
 While normal history is shared by every repository that works on the
@@ -2171,11 +2171,14 @@ $ git push mytree release
 
 Now to apply some patches from the community.  Think of a short
 snappy name for a branch to hold this patch (or related group of
-patches), and create a new branch from the current tip of Linus's
-branch:
+patches), and create a new branch from a recent stable tag of
+Linus's branch. Picking a stable base for your branch will:
+1) help you: by avoiding inclusion of unrelated and perhaps lightly
+tested changes
+2) help future bug hunters that use "git bisect" to find problems
 
 -------------------------------------------------
-$ git checkout -b speed-up-spinlocks origin
+$ git checkout -b speed-up-spinlocks v2.6.35
 -------------------------------------------------
 
 Now you apply the patch(es), run some tests, and commit the change(s).  If