Merge branch 'ab/merge-file-prefix'

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index db4e407bb16a3233cc5c57c05f73ecee9b49b588..eadbd05356398a3c85884efc6779bba0e923b311 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,15 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v2.2.1/git.html[documentation for release 2.2.1]
+* link:v2.3.0/git.html[documentation for release 2.3]
 
 * release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/2.3.0.txt[2.3].
+
+* link:v2.2.2/git.html[documentation for release 2.2.2]
+
+* release notes for
+  link:RelNotes/2.2.2.txt[2.2.2],
   link:RelNotes/2.2.1.txt[2.2.1],
   link:RelNotes/2.2.0.txt[2.2].
 
@@ -886,19 +892,21 @@ other
        and the `core.editor` option in linkgit:git-config[1].
 
 'GIT_SSH'::
-       If this environment variable is set then 'git fetch'
-       and 'git push' will use this command instead
-       of 'ssh' when they need to connect to a remote system.
-       The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two or
-       four arguments: the 'username@host' (or just 'host')
-       from the URL and the shell command to execute on that
-       remote system, optionally preceded by '-p' (literally) and
-       the 'port' from the URL when it specifies something other
-       than the default SSH port.
+'GIT_SSH_COMMAND'::
+       If either of these environment variables is set then 'git fetch'
+       and 'git push' will use the specified command instead of 'ssh'
+       when they need to connect to a remote system.
+       The command will be given exactly two or four arguments: the
+       'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the shell
+       command to execute on that remote system, optionally preceded by
+       '-p' (literally) and the 'port' from the URL when it specifies
+       something other than the default SSH port.
 +
-To pass options to the program that you want to list in GIT_SSH
-you will need to wrap the program and options into a shell script,
-then set GIT_SSH to refer to the shell script.
+`$GIT_SSH_COMMAND` takes precedence over `$GIT_SSH`, and is interpreted
+by the shell, which allows additional arguments to be included.
+`$GIT_SSH` on the other hand must be just the path to a program
+(which can be a wrapper shell script, if additional arguments are
+needed).
 +
 Usually it is easier to configure any desired options through your
 personal `.ssh/config` file.  Please consult your ssh documentation
@@ -911,6 +919,10 @@ for further details.
        and read the password from its STDOUT. See also the 'core.askpass'
        option in linkgit:git-config[1].
 
+'GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT'::
+       If this environment variable is set to `0`, git will not prompt
+       on the terminal (e.g., when asking for HTTP authentication).
+
 'GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM'::
        Whether to skip reading settings from the system-wide
        `$(prefix)/etc/gitconfig` file.  This environment variable can