Update draft release notes to 1.9

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index d068a653778d6713d6ab370379dadf0d6f754856..0d2cdcde556662d9d858dc282a9fced469814337 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ Options for --parseopt
        the first non-option argument.  This can be used to parse sub-commands
        that take options themselves.
 
+--stuck-long::
+       Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Output the options in their
+       long form if available, and with their arguments stuck.
+
 Options for Filtering
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -173,6 +177,20 @@ shown.  If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
        character (`?`, `*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
        match by appending `/*`.
 
+--exclude=<glob-pattern>::
+       Do not include refs matching '<glob-pattern>' that the next `--all`,
+       `--branches`, `--tags`, `--remotes`, or `--glob` would otherwise
+       consider. Repetitions of this option accumulate exclusion patterns
+       up to the next `--all`, `--branches`, `--tags`, `--remotes`, or
+       `--glob` option (other options or arguments do not clear
+       accumlated patterns).
++
+The patterns given should not begin with `refs/heads`, `refs/tags`, or
+`refs/remotes` when applied to `--branches`, `--tags`, or `--remotes`,
+respectively, and they must begin with `refs/` when applied to `--glob`
+or `--all`. If a trailing '/{asterisk}' is intended, it must be given
+explicitly.
+
 --disambiguate=<prefix>::
        Show every object whose name begins with the given prefix.
        The <prefix> must be at least 4 hexadecimal digits long to
@@ -285,7 +303,9 @@ Each line of options has this format:
        `<flags>` are of `*`, `=`, `?` or `!`.
        * Use `=` if the option takes an argument.
 
-       * Use `?` to mean that the option is optional (though its use is discouraged).
+       * Use `?` to mean that the option takes an optional argument. You
+         probably want to use the `--stuck-long` mode to be able to
+         unambiguously parse the optional argument.
 
        * Use `*` to mean that this option should not be listed in the usage
          generated for the `-h` argument. It's shown for `--help-all` as