git-branch.txt: document -f correctly

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 0fd58083eb2afdb7fed7ebf01bab3b5e1cae1421..27b73bcf9e0a140eceb32343592d9b2415918e90 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -8,24 +8,27 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]
-          [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
-          [--contains <commit>]
-'git-branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
-'git-branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
-'git-branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...
+'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a]
+       [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
+       [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]]
+'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
+'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
+'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-With no arguments given a list of existing branches
-will be shown, the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk.
-Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking branches to be listed,
-and option `-a` shows both.
-With `--contains <commit>`, shows only the branches that
-contains the named commit (in other words, the branches whose
-tip commits are descendant of the named commit).
-With `--merged`, only branches merged into HEAD will be listed, and
-with `--no-merged` only branches not merged into HEAD will be listed.
+
+With no arguments, existing branches are listed, the current branch will
+be highlighted with an asterisk.  Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking
+branches to be listed, and option `-a` shows both.
+
+With `--contains`, shows only the branches that contains the named commit
+(in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendant of the
+named commit).  With `--merged`, only branches merged into the named
+commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named
+commit) will be listed.  With `--no-merged` only branches not merged into
+the named commit will be listed.  Missing <commit> argument defaults to
+'HEAD' (i.e. the tip of the current branch).
 
 In its second form, a new branch named <branchname> will be created.
 It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>.
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
 new branch.
 
 When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the
-branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from
+branch so that 'git-pull' will appropriately merge from
 the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
 overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted.
 
 Use -r together with -d to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it
 only makes sense to delete remote-tracking branches if they no longer exist
-in remote repository or if linkgit:git-fetch[1] was configured not to fetch
+in remote repository or if 'git-fetch' was configured not to fetch
 them again. See also 'prune' subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1] for way to
 clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches.
 
@@ -73,8 +76,8 @@ OPTIONS
        based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
 
 -f::
-       Force the creation of a new branch even if it means deleting
-       a branch that already exists with the same name.
+       Reset <branchname> to <startpoint> if <branchname> exists
+       already. Without `-f` 'git-branch' refuses to change an existing branch.
 
 -m::
        Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog.
@@ -107,14 +110,14 @@ OPTIONS
        Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them.
 
 --track::
-       When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull
+       When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that 'git-pull'
        will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be
        a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch
        into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull
        <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default
        when the start point is a remote branch. Set the
        branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want
-       git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if '--no-track' were
+       'git-checkout' and 'git-branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were
        given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
        start-point is either a local or remote branch.
 
@@ -202,7 +205,7 @@ but different purposes:
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
 
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