Merge branch 'jn/status-translatable'

diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt
index 174fa8e90d7a5b90706b69119d107feb880ec75d..04fceee2535d91b9cec9157e5219a81fc63a5dce 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/revisions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ blobs contained in a commit.
   first match in the following rules:
 
   . if `$GIT_DIR/<name>` exists, that is what you mean (this is usually
-    useful only for `HEAD`, `FETCH_HEAD`, `ORIG_HEAD` and `MERGE_HEAD`);
+    useful only for `HEAD`, `FETCH_HEAD`, `ORIG_HEAD`, `MERGE_HEAD`
+    and `CHERRY_PICK_HEAD`);
 
   . otherwise, `refs/<name>` if exists;
 
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ you can change the tip of the branch back to the state before you ran
 them easily.
 MERGE_HEAD records the commit(s) you are merging into your branch
 when you run 'git merge'.
+CHERRY_PICK_HEAD records the commit you are cherry-picking
+when you run 'git cherry-pick'.
 +
 Note that any of the `refs/*` cases above may come either from
 the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file.
@@ -127,6 +130,10 @@ the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file.
   ':path' (with an empty part before the colon, e.g. `:README`)
   is a special case of the syntax described next: content
   recorded in the index at the given path.
+  A path starting with './' or '../' is relative to current working directory.
+  The given path will be converted to be relative to working tree's root directory.
+  This is most useful to address a blob or tree from a commit or tree that has
+  the same tree structure with the working tree.
 
 * A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
   colon, followed by a path (e.g. `:0:README`); this names a blob object in the