Merge branch 'maint-1.7.7' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 5a841da6d4cd86c4340abf001f735a37035d198f..9fba453f23754b3afc3268f9e6c1db90dca3e55e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -115,35 +115,32 @@ in the appropriate manual page. You will find a description of non-core
 porcelain configuration variables in the respective porcelain documentation.
 
 advice.*::
-       When set to 'true', display the given optional help message.
-       When set to 'false', do not display. The configuration variables
-       are:
+       These variables control various optional help messages designed to
+       aid new users. All 'advice.*' variables default to 'true', and you
+       can tell Git that you do not need help by setting these to 'false':
 +
 --
        pushNonFastForward::
                Advice shown when linkgit:git-push[1] refuses
-               non-fast-forward refs. Default: true.
+               non-fast-forward refs.
        statusHints::
                Directions on how to stage/unstage/add shown in the
                output of linkgit:git-status[1] and the template shown
-               when writing commit messages. Default: true.
+               when writing commit messages.
        commitBeforeMerge::
                Advice shown when linkgit:git-merge[1] refuses to
                merge to avoid overwriting local changes.
-               Default: true.
        resolveConflict::
                Advices shown by various commands when conflicts
                prevent the operation from being performed.
-               Default: true.
        implicitIdentity::
                Advice on how to set your identity configuration when
                your information is guessed from the system username and
-               domain name. Default: true.
-
+               domain name.
        detachedHead::
-               Advice shown when you used linkgit::git-checkout[1] to
+               Advice shown when you used linkgit:git-checkout[1] to
                move to the detach HEAD state, to instruct how to create
-               a local branch after the fact.  Default: true.
+               a local branch after the fact.
 --
 
 core.fileMode::
@@ -1740,10 +1737,11 @@ rerere.autoupdate::
 
 rerere.enabled::
        Activate recording of resolved conflicts, so that identical
-       conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they
-       be encountered again.  linkgit:git-rerere[1] command is by
-       default enabled if you create `rr-cache` directory under
-       `$GIT_DIR`, but can be disabled by setting this option to false.
+       conflict hunks can be resolved automatically, should they be
+       encountered again.  By default, linkgit:git-rerere[1] is
+       enabled if there is an `rr-cache` directory under the
+       `$GIT_DIR`, e.g. if "rerere" was previously used in the
+       repository.
 
 sendemail.identity::
        A configuration identity. When given, causes values in the