backmerge a few more fixes to 1.7.1.X series

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 1a613aa108d649c199c30d0d8a29623243631a7c..833a2a29ccf65afe275bc35fa0eaa3c5afd21fae 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ shown.  If the pattern does not contain a globbing character (`?`,
 --is-bare-repository::
        When the repository is bare print "true", otherwise "false".
 
+--local-env-vars::
+       List the GIT_* environment variables that are local to the
+       repository (e.g. GIT_DIR or GIT_WORK_TREE, but not GIT_EDITOR).
+       Only the names of the variables are listed, not their value,
+       even if they are set.
+
 --short::
 --short=number::
        Instead of outputting the full SHA1 values of object names try to
@@ -250,7 +256,7 @@ the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file.
   the branch the ref is set to build on top of.  Missing ref defaults
   to the current branch.
 
-* A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of
+* A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter (e.g. 'HEAD{caret}') means the first parent of
   that commit object.  '{caret}<n>' means the <n>th parent (i.e.
   'rev{caret}'
   is equivalent to 'rev{caret}1').  As a special rule,
@@ -276,21 +282,24 @@ the `$GIT_DIR/refs` directory or from the `$GIT_DIR/packed-refs` file.
   and dereference the tag recursively until a non-tag object is
   found.
 
-* A colon, followed by a slash, followed by a text: this names
+* A colon, followed by a slash, followed by a text (e.g. `:/fix nasty bug`): this names
   a commit whose commit message starts with the specified text.
   This name returns the youngest matching commit which is
   reachable from any ref.  If the commit message starts with a
   '!', you have to repeat that;  the special sequence ':/!',
   followed by something else than '!' is reserved for now.
 
-* A suffix ':' followed by a path; this names the blob or tree
+* A suffix ':' followed by a path (e.g. `HEAD:README`); this names the blob or tree
   at the given path in the tree-ish object named by the part
   before the colon.
+  ':path' (with an empty part before the colon, e.g. `:README`)
+  is a special case of the syntax described next: content
+  recorded in the index at the given path.
 
 * A colon, optionally followed by a stage number (0 to 3) and a
-  colon, followed by a path; this names a blob object in the
-  index at the given path.  Missing stage number (and the colon
-  that follows it) names a stage 0 entry. During a merge, stage
+  colon, followed by a path (e.g. `:0:README`); this names a blob object in the
+  index at the given path. Missing stage number (and the colon
+  that follows it, e.g. `:README`) names a stage 0 entry. During a merge, stage
   1 is the common ancestor, stage 2 is the target branch's version
   (typically the current branch), and stage 3 is the version from
   the branch being merged.