Merge branch 'jn/plug-empty-tree-leak'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index be4c0533603443cd9b4df5bf732bbcdd31802a11..42c9676eaa40f2a3d43514c09509e319258ca8b4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-rev-parse - Pick out and massage parameters
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git rev-parse' [ --option ] <args>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ OPTIONS
        properly quoted for consumption by shell.  Useful when
        you expect your parameter to contain whitespaces and
        newlines (e.g. when using pickaxe `-S` with
-       'git diff-\*'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option,
+       'git diff-{asterisk}'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option,
        the command input is still interpreted as usual.
 
 --not::
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ OPTIONS
        unfortunately named tag "master"), and show them as full
        refnames (e.g. "refs/heads/master").
 
---abbrev-ref[={strict|loose}]::
+--abbrev-ref[=(strict|loose)]::
        A non-ambiguous short name of the objects name.
        The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
        abbreviation mode.
@@ -112,14 +113,15 @@ OPTIONS
 +
 If a `pattern` is given, only refs matching the given shell glob are
 shown.  If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
-`\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by appending `/\*`.
+`{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix match by
+appending `/{asterisk}`.
 
 --glob=pattern::
        Show all refs matching the shell glob pattern `pattern`. If
        the pattern does not start with `refs/`, this is automatically
        prepended.  If the pattern does not contain a globbing
-       character (`?`, `\*`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
-       match by appending `/\*`.
+       character (`?`, `{asterisk}`, or `[`), it is turned into a prefix
+       match by appending `/{asterisk}`.
 
 --show-toplevel::
        Show the absolute path of the top-level directory.
@@ -135,7 +137,12 @@ shown.  If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
        directory (typically a sequence of "../", or an empty string).
 
 --git-dir::
-       Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined else show the path to the .git directory.
+       Show `$GIT_DIR` if defined. Otherwise show the path to
+       the .git directory, relative to the current directory.
++
+If `$GIT_DIR` is not defined and the current directory
+is not detected to lie in a git repository or work tree
+print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
 
 --is-inside-git-dir::
        When the current working directory is below the repository
@@ -302,16 +309,6 @@ $ git rev-parse --default master --verify $REV
 +
 but if $REV is empty, the commit object name from master will be printed.
 
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> .
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite