git.txt: add missing info about --git-dir command-line option

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 4a89a1251366ab8312cb20d77b73ecf40ca92349..60db2929b58deff9cf9c0bf5f9539aad1a0c5a40 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
 branch of the `git.git` repository.
 Documentation for older releases are available here:
 
-* link:v1.8.0/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0]
+* link:v1.8.0.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.0.2]
 
 * release notes for
-  link:RelNotes/1.8.0.txt[1.8.0],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.0.2.txt[1.8.0.2],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.0.1.txt[1.8.0.1],
+  link:RelNotes/1.8.0.txt[1.8.0].
 
 * link:v1.7.12.4/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.12.4]
 
@@ -648,6 +650,7 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc.
        If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it
        specifies a path to use instead of the default `.git`
        for the base of the repository.
+       The '--git-dir' command-line option also sets this value.
 
 'GIT_WORK_TREE'::
        Set the path to the working tree.  The value will not be
@@ -867,8 +870,7 @@ Authors
 -------
 Git was started by Linus Torvalds, and is currently maintained by Junio
 C Hamano. Numerous contributions have come from the git mailing list
-<git@vger.kernel.org>. For a more complete list of contributors, see
-http://git-scm.com/about. If you have a clone of git.git itself, the
+<git@vger.kernel.org>.  If you have a clone of git.git itself, the
 output of linkgit:git-shortlog[1] and linkgit:git-blame[1] can show you
 the authors for specific parts of the project.