git-fetch & config doc: link to the new PRUNING section

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 7814fb904415bcb3b520367702c6f5145cac6336..0f27af5760e842d5850c4fe0f122e828d744ef2c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ in the section header, like in the example below:
 --------
 
 Subsection names are case sensitive and can contain any characters except
-newline (doublequote `"` and backslash can be included by escaping them
-as `\"` and `\\`, respectively).  Section headers cannot span multiple
-lines.  Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection.
-You can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you
-don't need to.
+newline and the null byte. Doublequote `"` and backslash can be included
+by escaping them as `\"` and `\\`, respectively. Backslashes preceding
+other characters are dropped when reading; for example, `\t` is read as
+`t` and `\0` is read as `0` Section headers cannot span multiple lines.
+Variables may belong directly to a section or to a given subsection. You
+can have `[section]` if you have `[section "subsection"]`, but you don't
+need to.
 
 There is also a deprecated `[section.subsection]` syntax. With this
 syntax, the subsection name is converted to lower-case and is also
@@ -1396,7 +1398,8 @@ fetch.unpackLimit::
 
 fetch.prune::
        If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
-       option was given on the command line.  See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
+       option was given on the command line.  See also `remote.<name>.prune`
+       and the PRUNING section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
 
 fetch.output::
        Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
@@ -1968,8 +1971,8 @@ empty string.
 
 http.sslVerify::
        Whether to verify the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
-       over HTTPS. Can be overridden by the `GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment
-       variable.
+       over HTTPS. Defaults to true. Can be overridden by the
+       `GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY` environment variable.
 
 http.sslCert::
        File containing the SSL certificate when fetching or pushing
@@ -2942,6 +2945,9 @@ remote.<name>.prune::
        remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
        remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
        Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
++
+See also `remote.<name>.prune` and the PRUNING section of
+linkgit:git-fetch[1].
 
 remotes.<group>::
        The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update