refs.c: add a function to append a reflog entry to a fd

diff --git a/README b/README
index d2690ec8dc6e5f054c33a5f3b4c26f6ad038706d..1083735d1cddaba394eb5c99ce470a31050dad4b 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-       GIT - the stupid content tracker
+       Git - the stupid content tracker
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
 unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
 and full access to internals.
 
-Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License.
-It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
-hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
+Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public
+License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses,
+compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus
+Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
 
 Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
 
 See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
-Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
+Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
 Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command.
 If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
 read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the
@@ -46,11 +47,10 @@ requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission).
 To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in
 the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are
-available at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival
-sites.
-
-The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in
-git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and
-the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good
-reference for project status, development direction and
-remaining tasks.
+available at http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/,
+http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
+
+The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that
+list the current status of various development topics to the mailing
+list.  The discussion following them give a good reference for
+project status, development direction and remaining tasks.