git-rerere.txt: grammatical fixups and cleanups

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index e11cddbfc96f742968789abd369a4f7e240db27c..19510de151e60c2fad3715d74f9eef89cef9ad0b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
-'git-checkout' [<tree-ish>] <paths>...
+'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ options, which will be passed to `git branch`.
 
 When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
 branches.  It updates the named paths in the working tree from
-the index file (i.e. it runs `git-checkout-index -f -u`), or
+the index file (i.e. it runs `git checkout-index -f -u`), or
 from a named commit.  In
 this case, the `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving
 either of them results in an error.  <tree-ish> argument can be
@@ -47,15 +47,16 @@ OPTIONS
        by linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].  Some of these checks
        may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.
 
+-t::
 --track::
-       When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull
+       When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that 'git-pull'
        will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be
        a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch
        into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull
        <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default
        when the start point is a remote branch. Set the
        branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want
-       git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if '--no-track' were
+       'git-checkout' and 'git-branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were
        given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
        start-point is either a local or remote branch.
 
@@ -84,9 +85,13 @@ should result in deletion of the path).
 <new_branch>::
        Name for the new branch.
 
+<tree-ish>::
+       Tree to checkout from (when paths are given). If not specified,
+       the index will be used.
+
 <branch>::
-       Branch to checkout; may be any object ID that resolves to a
-       commit.  Defaults to HEAD.
+       Branch to checkout (when no paths are given); may be any object
+       ID that resolves to a commit.  Defaults to HEAD.
 +
 When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object),
 your HEAD becomes 'detached'.
@@ -111,7 +116,7 @@ current branch and directly point at the commit named by the tag
 (`v2.6.18` in the above example).
 
 You can use usual git commands while in this state.  You can use
-`git-reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for
+`git reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for
 example.  You can make changes and create a new commit on top of
 a detached HEAD.  You can even create a merge by using `git
 merge $othercommit`.
@@ -144,8 +149,8 @@ $ git checkout hello.c            <3>
 ------------
 +
 <1> switch branch
-<2> take out a file out of other commit
-<3> restore hello.c from HEAD of current branch
+<2> take a file out of another commit
+<3> restore hello.c from the index
 +
 If you have an unfortunate branch that is named `hello.c`, this
 step would be confused as an instruction to switch to that branch.
@@ -215,4 +220,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite