SubmittingPatches: Add new section about what to base work on

diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 1f34948167cf9aba7055f92c75afb0d9a76f744d..31c78a81e094ffc8a66639119eadefbd1e760e35 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git tag' [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>]
-       <name> [<commit> | <object>]
-'git tag' -d <name>...
-'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [<pattern>]
-'git tag' -v <name>...
+       <tagname> [<commit> | <object>]
+'git tag' -d <tagname>...
+'git tag' [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [<pattern>]
+'git tag' -v <tagname>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Adds a 'tag' reference in `.git/refs/tags/`
+
+Adds a tag reference in `.git/refs/tags/`.
 
 Unless `-f` is given, the tag must not yet exist in
 `.git/refs/tags/` directory.
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS
        Make a GPG-signed tag, using the given key
 
 -f::
+--force::
        Replace an existing tag with the given name (instead of failing)
 
 -d::
@@ -69,9 +71,12 @@ OPTIONS
        List tags with names that match the given pattern (or all if no pattern is given).
        Typing "git tag" without arguments, also lists all tags.
 
+--contains <commit>::
+       Only list tags which contain the specified commit.
+
 -m <msg>::
        Use the given tag message (instead of prompting).
-       If multiple `-m` options are given, there values are
+       If multiple `-m` options are given, their values are
        concatenated as separate paragraphs.
        Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>`
        is given.
@@ -82,9 +87,15 @@ OPTIONS
        Implies `-a` if none of `-a`, `-s`, or `-u <key-id>`
        is given.
 
+<tagname>::
+       The name of the tag to create, delete, or describe.
+       The new tag name must pass all checks defined by
+       linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].  Some of these checks
+       may restrict the characters allowed in a tag name.
+
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
-By default, 'git-tag' in sign-with-default mode (-s) will use your
+By default, 'git tag' in sign-with-default mode (-s) will use your
 committer identity (of the form "Your Name <your@email.address>") to
 find a key.  If you want to use a different default key, you can specify
 it in the repository configuration as follows:
@@ -120,12 +131,12 @@ and be done with it.
 
 . The insane thing.
 You really want to call the new version "X" too, 'even though'
-others have already seen the old one. So just use 'git-tag -f'
+others have already seen the old one. So just use 'git tag -f'
 again, as if you hadn't already published the old one.
 
 However, Git does *not* (and it should not) change tags behind
 users back. So if somebody already got the old tag, doing a
-'git-pull' on your tree shouldn't just make them overwrite the old
+'git pull' on your tree shouldn't just make them overwrite the old
 one.
 
 If somebody got a release tag from you, you cannot just change
@@ -179,7 +190,7 @@ private anchor point tags from the other person.
 
 You would notice "please pull" messages on the mailing list says
 repo URL and branch name alone.  This is designed to be easily
-cut&pasted to a 'git-fetch' command line:
+cut&pasted to a 'git fetch' command line:
 
 ------------
 Linus, please pull from
@@ -208,7 +219,7 @@ determines who are interested in whose tags.
 
 A one-shot pull is a sign that a commit history is now crossing
 the boundary between one circle of people (e.g. "people who are
-primarily interested in networking part of the kernel") who may
+primarily interested in the networking part of the kernel") who may
 have their own set of tags (e.g. "this is the third release
 candidate from the networking group to be proposed for general
 consumption with 2.6.21 release") to another circle of people
@@ -246,6 +257,10 @@ $ GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2006-10-02 10:31" git tag -s v1.0.1
 ------------
 
 
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,