Document gc.<pattern>.reflogexpire variables

diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 1f6df6ad6b374ee92952221856953d2c960a7f7e..85d711192967dc4e0869411ac6d1be8947d52e07 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ commits prior to the amend or rebase occurring.  Since these changes
 are not part of the current project most users will want to expire
 them sooner.  This option defaults to '30 days'.
 
+The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern.  For
+example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote tracking
+branches:
+
+------------
+[gc "refs/remotes/*"]
+       reflogExpire = never
+       reflogexpireUnreachable = 3 days
+------------
+
 The optional configuration variable 'gc.rerereresolved' indicates
 how long records of conflicted merge you resolved earlier are
 kept.  This defaults to 60 days.
@@ -120,7 +130,7 @@ Notes
 particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set
 of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote
 tracking branches, refs saved by 'git-filter-branch' in
-refs/original/, or reflogs (which may references commits in branches
+refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches
 that were later amended or rewound).
 
 If you are expecting some objects to be collected and they aren't, check