Merge branch 'js/rebase'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 266faade31ae646a419616fc0fce9d676f112d9d..61a6022ce8a0fc7aac8b1e9bd08587817ef0d69c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-remote'
-'git-remote' add <name> <url>
+'git-remote' add [-t <branch>] [-m <branch>] [-f] <name> <url>
 'git-remote' show <name>
 'git-remote' prune <name>
 'git-remote' update [group]
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ With `-t <branch>` option, instead of the default glob
 refspec for the remote to track all branches under
 `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/`, a refspec to track only `<branch>`
 is created.  You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
-multiple branche without grabbing all branches.
+multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
 +
 With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
 up to point at remote's `<master>` branch instead of whatever
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.
 'show'::
 
 Gives some information about the remote <name>.
++
+With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
+`git ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.
 
 'prune'::
 
@@ -56,6 +59,10 @@ Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
 These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
 "remotes/<name>".
++
+With `-n` option, the remote heads are not confirmed first with `git
+ls-remote <name>`; cached information is used instead.  Use with
+caution.
 
 'update'::
 
@@ -77,8 +84,8 @@ gitlink:git-config[1]).
 Examples
 --------
 
-Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it:
-
+* Add a new remote, fetch, and check out a branch from it
++
 ------------
 $ git remote
 origin
@@ -98,6 +105,17 @@ $ git checkout -b nfs linux-nfs/master
 ...
 ------------
 
+* Imitate 'git clone' but track only selected branches
++
+------------
+$ mkdir project.git
+$ cd project.git
+$ git init
+$ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/
+$ git merge origin
+------------
+
+
 See Also
 --------
 gitlink:git-fetch[1]
@@ -117,4 +135,3 @@ Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-