SubmittingPatches: clarify the expected commit log description

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 3b87f1a1b67dbd64e9fd5e5cd11dd648e3f92ab2..96680c84561c434c4cf3a00cfe958b21f18a3d8d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ rebase.stat::
        Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
        rebase. False by default.
 
+rebase.autosquash::
+       If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <newbase>::
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ OPTIONS
        <upstream>.  May be any valid commit, and not just an
        existing branch name.
 +
-As a special case, you may use "A...B" as a shortcut for the
+As a special case, you may use "A\...B" as a shortcut for the
 merge base of A and B if there is exactly one merge base. You can
 leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD.
 
@@ -276,6 +279,10 @@ which makes little sense.
 --no-verify::
        This option bypasses the pre-rebase hook.  See also linkgit:githooks[5].
 
+--verify::
+       Allows the pre-rebase hook to run, which is the default.  This option can
+       be used to override --no-verify.  See also linkgit:githooks[5].
+
 -C<n>::
        Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before
        and after each change.  When fewer lines of surrounding
@@ -333,6 +340,7 @@ idea unless you know what you are doing (see BUGS below).
        instead.
 
 --autosquash::
+--no-autosquash::
        When the commit log message begins with "squash! ..." (or
        "fixup! ..."), and there is a commit whose title begins with
        the same ..., automatically modify the todo list of rebase -i
@@ -341,6 +349,10 @@ idea unless you know what you are doing (see BUGS below).
        commit from `pick` to `squash` (or `fixup`).
 +
 This option is only valid when the '--interactive' option is used.
++
+If the '--autosquash' option is enabled by default using the
+configuration variable `rebase.autosquash`, this option can be
+used to override and disable this setting.
 
 --no-ff::
        With --interactive, cherry-pick all rebased commits instead of