Merge branch 'cb/maint-t5541-make-server-port-portable' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index d0534b8c05c5780a7f9debc664dd21af6739a3ec..5cc84a139133dca2fdcb594007c8b0d6464d5ca8 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend] [--dry-run]
-          [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
-          [--reset-author] [--allow-empty] [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify]
-          [-e] [--author=<author>] [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>]
-          [--status | --no-status] [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
+'git commit' [-a | --interactive | --patch] [-s] [-v] [-u<mode>] [--amend]
+          [--dry-run] [(-c | -C | --fixup | --squash) <commit>]
+          [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [--reset-author] [--allow-empty]
+          [--allow-empty-message] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
+          [--date=<date>] [--cleanup=<mode>] [--status | --no-status]
+          [-i | -o] [--] [<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -39,9 +40,10 @@ The content to be added can be specified in several ways:
    that have been removed from the working tree, and then perform the
    actual commit;
 
-5. by using the --interactive switch with the 'commit' command to decide one
-   by one which files should be part of the commit, before finalizing the
-   operation.  Currently, this is done by invoking 'git add --interactive'.
+5. by using the --interactive or --patch switches with the 'commit' command
+   to decide one by one which files or hunks should be part of the commit,
+   before finalizing the operation. See the ``Interactive Mode`` section of
+   linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate these modes.
 
 The `--dry-run` option can be used to obtain a
 summary of what is included by any of the above for the next
@@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ OPTIONS
        been modified and deleted, but new files you have not
        told git about are not affected.
 
+-p::
+--patch::
+       Use the interactive patch selection interface to chose
+       which changes to commit. See linkgit:git-add[1] for
+       details.
+
 -C <commit>::
 --reuse-message=<commit>::
        Take an existing commit object, and reuse the log message
@@ -276,7 +284,7 @@ When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in
 your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area
 called the "index" with 'git add'.  A file can be
 reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree,
-to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD -- <file>`,
+to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD \-- <file>`,
 which effectively reverts 'git add' and prevents the changes to
 this file from participating in the next commit.  After building
 the state to be committed incrementally with these commands,