doc: documentation update for the branch track changes

diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
index 4bc35a1d4bfce9b92394ba0f3e98ed9943f66e2e..a5b40f3e85b19ce855caddd83b69dd4b1cf1d7bb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ git-symbolic-ref(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-symbolic-ref - read and modify symbolic refs
+git-symbolic-ref - Read and modify symbolic refs
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-symbolic-ref' <name> [<ref>]
+'git-symbolic-ref' [-q] [-m <reason>] <name> [<ref>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ A symbolic ref is a regular file that stores a string that
 begins with `ref: refs/`.  For example, your `.git/HEAD` is
 a regular file whose contents is `ref: refs/heads/master`.
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+-q, --quiet::
+       Do not issue an error message if the <name> is not a
+       symbolic ref but a detached HEAD; instead exit with
+       non-zero status silently.
+
+-m::
+       Update the reflog for <name> with <reason>.  This is valid only
+       when creating or updating a symbolic ref.
+
 NOTES
 -----
 In the past, `.git/HEAD` was a symbolic link pointing at
@@ -36,10 +48,14 @@ cumbersome.  On some platforms, `ln -sf` does not even work as
 advertised (horrors).  Therefore symbolic links are now deprecated
 and symbolic refs are used by default.
 
+git-symbolic-ref will exit with status 0 if the contents of the
+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 <junkio@cox.net>
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite