Documentation/notes: describe content of notes blobs

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 06b2f827b414651bde25165b4f42dc4160892d7a..295928ea728a93246ee9a22fddca12005fabff3b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@ core.quotepath::
 
 core.autocrlf::
        If true, makes git convert `CRLF` at the end of lines in text files to
-       `LF` when reading from the filesystem, and convert in reverse when
-       writing to the filesystem.  The variable can be set to
+       `LF` when reading from the work tree, and convert in reverse when
+       writing to the work tree.  The variable can be set to
        'input', in which case the conversion happens only while
-       reading from the filesystem but files are written out with
-       `LF` at the end of lines.  A file is considered
+       reading from the work tree but files are written out to the work
+       tree with `LF` at the end of lines.  A file is considered
        "text" (i.e. be subjected to the autocrlf mechanism) based on
        the file's `crlf` attribute, or if `crlf` is unspecified,
        based on the file's contents.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5].
@@ -518,18 +518,12 @@ check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
 
 core.notesRef::
        When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
-       the given ref.  This ref is expected to contain files named
-       after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.  The ref
-       must be fully qualified.
+       the given ref.  The ref must be fully qualified.  If the given
+       ref does not exist, it is not an error but means that no
+       notes should be printed.
 +
-If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
-appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes (<refname>):"
-line (shortened to "Notes:" in the case of "refs/notes/commits").  If the
-given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
-notes should be printed.
-+
-This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by
-the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.
+This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and it can be overridden by
+the 'GIT_NOTES_REF' environment variable.  See linkgit:git-notes[1].
 
 core.sparseCheckout::
        Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
@@ -914,7 +908,7 @@ format.signoff::
 gc.aggressiveWindow::
        The window size parameter used in the delta compression
        algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults
-       to 10.
+       to 250.
 
 gc.auto::
        When there are approximately more than this many loose