rev-list: disable object/refname ambiguity check with --stdin

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index b7cb625b894d4ba83cb13914e1fd010e1bfaf0d3..311b33674eb2bda2c8e0bd5d2de4499a156b1719 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
 new branch.
 
 When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, Git sets up the
-branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
+branch (specifically the `branch.<name>.remote` and `branch.<name>.merge`
+configuration entries) so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
 the remote-tracking 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, and
@@ -156,7 +157,8 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode.
 
 -t::
 --track::
-       When creating a new branch, set up configuration to mark the
+       When creating a new branch, set up `branch.<name>.remote` and
+       `branch.<name>.merge` configuration entries to mark the
        start-point branch as "upstream" from the new branch. This
        configuration will tell git to show the relationship between the
        two branches in `git status` and `git branch -v`. Furthermore,