Merge branch 'jc/maint-1.6.4-show-branch-default' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 9afca755ed309b5bdf3cd293d6120f676f1053cd..572374f7a6ff17dd40ad687a2fda24d53f7d730b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
        'origin' is used for that purpose. New upstream updates
        will be fetched into remote <<def_tracking_branch,tracking branches>> named
        origin/name-of-upstream-branch, which you can see using
-       "`git branch -r`".
+       `git branch -r`.
 
 [[def_pack]]pack::
        A set of objects which have been compressed into one file (to save space
@@ -449,6 +449,12 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or sometimes just a
        An <<def_object,object>> which is not <<def_reachable,reachable>> from a
        <<def_branch,branch>>, <<def_tag,tag>>, or any other reference.
 
+[[def_upstream_branch]]upstream branch::
+       The default <<def_branch,branch>> that is merged into the branch in
+       question (or the branch in question is rebased onto). It is configured
+       via branch.<name>.remote and branch.<name>.merge. If the upstream branch
+       of 'A' is 'origin/B' sometimes we say "'A' is tracking 'origin/B'".
+
 [[def_working_tree]]working tree::
        The tree of actual checked out files.  The working tree is
        normally equal to the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> plus any local changes