Merge branch 'il/maint-xmallocz' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index fad983e297514da7e847196b0375e3254fdf235d..c272c92d4bef4d451505634a412eaf3a10762d95 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--mirror] <name> <url>
 'git remote rename' <old> <new>
 'git remote rm' <name>
-'git remote show' [-n] <name>
+'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)
+'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name>
 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>
-'git remote update' [group]
+'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [group | remote]...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ OPTIONS
 -v::
 --verbose::
        Be a little more verbose and show remote url after name.
+       NOTE: This must be placed between `remote` and `subcommand`.
 
 
 COMMANDS
@@ -53,8 +55,7 @@ is created.  You can give more than one `-t <branch>` to track
 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
-branch the `HEAD` at the remote repository actually points at.
+up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command.
 +
 In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
 in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'.  This option
@@ -76,6 +77,30 @@ the configuration file format.
 Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are removed.
 
+'set-head'::
+
+Sets or deletes the default branch (`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD`) for
+the named remote. Having a default branch for a remote is not required,
+but allows the name of the remote to be specified in lieu of a specific
+branch. For example, if the default branch for `origin` is set to
+`master`, then `origin` may be specified wherever you would normally
+specify `origin/master`.
++
+With `-d`, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted.
++
+With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then
+`$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote
+`HEAD` is pointed at `next`, "`git remote set-head origin -a`" will set
+`$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will
+only work if `refs/remotes/origin/next` already exists; if not it must be
+fetched first.
++
+Use `<branch>` to set `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` explicitly. e.g., "git
+remote set-head origin master" will set `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to
+`refs/remotes/origin/master`. This will only work if
+`refs/remotes/origin/master` already exists; if not it must be fetched first.
++
+
 'show'::
 
 Gives some information about the remote <name>.
@@ -90,17 +115,19 @@ These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
 referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
 "remotes/<name>".
 +
-With `--dry-run` option, report what branches will be pruned, but do no
+With `--dry-run` option, report what branches will be pruned, but do not
 actually prune them.
 
 'update'::
 
 Fetch updates for a named set of remotes in the repository as defined by
 remotes.<group>.  If a named group is not specified on the command line,
-the configuration parameter remotes.default will get used; if
+the configuration parameter remotes.default will be used; if
 remotes.default is not defined, all remotes which do not have the
 configuration parameter remote.<name>.skipDefaultUpdate set to true will
 be updated.  (See linkgit:git-config[1]).
++
+With `--prune` option, prune all the remotes that are updated.
 
 
 DISCUSSION