Merge branch 'jc/remote-set-url-doc' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index 378306f58162fdfee900b48b8bb6ad8171cbfca3..bf383c2e8ce47da8f4da21e9852011520df9fce6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [[def_alternate_object_database]]alternate object database::
        Via the alternates mechanism, a <<def_repository,repository>>
        can inherit part of its <<def_object_database,object database>>
-       from another object database, which is called "alternate".
+       from another object database, which is called an "alternate".
 
 [[def_bare_repository]]bare repository::
        A bare repository is normally an appropriately
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ current branch integrates with) obviously do not work, as there is no
        you can make Git pretend the set of <<def_parent,parents>> a <<def_commit,commit>> has
        is different from what was recorded when the commit was
        created. Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file.
++
+Note that the grafts mechanism is outdated and can lead to problems
+transferring objects between repositories; see linkgit:git-replace[1]
+for a more flexible and robust system to do the same thing.
 
 [[def_hash]]hash::
        In Git's context, synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
@@ -325,7 +329,7 @@ short form, the leading colon `:` is followed by zero or more "magic
 signature" letters (which optionally is terminated by another colon `:`),
 and the remainder is the pattern to match against the path.
 The "magic signature" consists of ASCII symbols that are neither
-alphanumeric, glob, regex special charaters nor colon.
+alphanumeric, glob, regex special characters nor colon.
 The optional colon that terminates the "magic signature" can be
 omitted if the pattern begins with a character that does not belong to
 "magic signature" symbol set and is not a colon.