Allow checkout -B <current-branch> to update the current branch

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index feec58400b64c65c8f96f2d1834016455c89829e..02133d5fc9a14df7f4fe24d97bdf9980e77f807a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\* < changelog
+[verse]
+'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent commit>)...] < changelog
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -16,12 +17,12 @@ This is usually not what an end user wants to run directly.  See
 linkgit:git-commit[1] instead.
 
 Creates a new commit object based on the provided tree object and
-emits the new commit object id on stdout. If no parent is given then
-it is considered to be an initial tree.
+emits the new commit object id on stdout.
 
-A commit object usually has 1 parent (a commit after a change) or up
-to 16 parents.  More than one parent represents a merge of branches
-that led to them.
+A commit object may have any number of parents. With exactly one
+parent, it is an ordinary commit. Having more than one parent makes
+the commit a merge between several lines of history. Initial (root)
+commits have no parents.
 
 While a tree represents a particular directory state of a working
 directory, a commit represents that state in "time", and explains how
@@ -67,40 +68,38 @@ if set:
 
 In case (some of) these environment variables are not set, the information
 is taken from the configuration items user.name and user.email, or, if not
-present, system user name and fully qualified hostname.
+present, system user name and the hostname used for outgoing mail (taken
+from `/etc/mailname` and falling back to the fully qualified hostname when
+that file does not exist).
 
 A commit comment is read from stdin. If a changelog
-entry is not provided via "<" redirection, 'git-commit-tree' will just wait
+entry is not provided via "<" redirection, 'git commit-tree' will just wait
 for one to be entered and terminated with ^D.
 
+include::date-formats.txt[]
 
 Diagnostics
 -----------
 You don't exist. Go away!::
     The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
 Your parents must have hated you!::
-    The password(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
+    The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
 Your sysadmin must hate you!::
-    The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
+    The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
 
 Discussion
 ----------
 
 include::i18n.txt[]
 
+FILES
+-----
+/etc/mailname
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-write-tree[1]
 
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite