Merge branch 'jc/maint-1.6.0-read-tree-overlay'

diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
index f1577382791e54f1bca017425c8f29dced900feb..f9811f24733bde97b76dc8e695bad82eace5586b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@
        of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below).
 
 <refspec>::
-       The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is
-       `+?<src>:<dst>`; that is, an optional plus `{plus}`, followed
-       by the source ref, followed by a colon `:`, followed by
-       the destination ref.
+       The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus
+       `{plus}`, followed by the source ref <src>, followed
+       by a colon `:`, followed by the destination ref <dst>.
 +
 The remote ref that matches <src>
 is fetched, and if <dst> is not empty string, the local
 ref that matches it is fast forwarded using <src>.
-Again, if the optional plus `+` is used, the local ref
+If the optional plus `+` is used, the local ref
 is updated even if it does not result in a fast forward
 update.
 +
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ must know this is the expected usage pattern for a branch.
 [NOTE]
 You never do your own development on branches that appear
 on the right hand side of a <refspec> colon on `Pull:` lines;
-they are to be updated by `git-fetch`.  If you intend to do
+they are to be updated by 'git-fetch'.  If you intend to do
 development derived from a remote branch `B`, have a `Pull:`
 line to track it (i.e. `Pull: B:remote-B`), and have a separate
 branch `my-B` to do your development on top of it.  The latter
@@ -44,13 +43,13 @@ on the remote branch, merge it into your development branch with
 +
 [NOTE]
 There is a difference between listing multiple <refspec>
-directly on `git-pull` command line and having multiple
+directly on 'git-pull' command line and having multiple
 `Pull:` <refspec> lines for a <repository> and running
-`git-pull` command without any explicit <refspec> parameters.
+'git-pull' command without any explicit <refspec> parameters.
 <refspec> listed explicitly on the command line are always
 merged into the current branch after fetching.  In other words,
 if you list more than one remote refs, you would be making
-an Octopus.  While `git-pull` run without any explicit <refspec>
+an Octopus.  While 'git-pull' run without any explicit <refspec>
 parameter takes default <refspec>s from `Pull:` lines, it
 merges only the first <refspec> found into the current branch,
 after fetching all the remote refs.  This is because making an