Sync with 1.5.4.2 and start 1.5.5 Release Notes

diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
index a77adab1438d5c99a31ad5b69f60af80460178dd..33030c022f1b86a8dba281ff04537c1a40cb6782 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 git-hash-object(1)
 ==================
-v0.1, May 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-hash-object - Computes object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file.
+git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] <any-file-on-the-filesystem>
+'git-hash-object' [-t <type>] [-w] [--stdin] [--] <file>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -17,9 +16,9 @@ Computes the object ID value for an object with specified type
 with the contents of the named file (which can be outside of the
 work tree), and optionally writes the resulting object into the
 object database.  Reports its object ID to its standard output.
-This is used by "git-cvsimport-script" to update the cache
+This is used by "git-cvsimport" to update the index
 without modifying files in the work tree.  When <type> is not
-specified, it defaults to "blob". 
+specified, it defaults to "blob".
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -30,6 +29,9 @@ OPTIONS
 -w::
        Actually write the object into the object database.
 
+--stdin::
+       Read the object from standard input instead of from a file.
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
@@ -40,5 +42,4 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite