update-index: do not die too early in a read-only repository.

diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
index f9457d45ed684597769124af945c184a7d03a948..10e8c46c4c0787e6a66304ca583890a438d78bb3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-receive-pack(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into it
+git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into the repository
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ packed and is served via a dumb transport.
 There are other real-world examples of using update and
 post-update hooks found in the Documentation/howto directory.
 
+git-receive-pack honours the receive.denyNonFastforwards flag, which
+tells it if updates to a ref should be denied if they are not fast-forwards.
 
 OPTIONS
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