user-manual: use pithier example commit

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 7e3d2b1a96a3ef6819a0f3ccebf8f717de9d32dc..87e70fe12d09e8e4f2b1995967d9fc1180907190 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ in octal.  Git only supports the following modes:
 In both formats `<path>` is the complete path of the file to be added
 (if not already existing) or modified (if already existing).
 
-A `<path>` string must use UNIX-style directory seperators (forward
+A `<path>` string must use UNIX-style directory separators (forward
 slash `/`), may contain any byte other than `LF`, and must not
 start with double quote (`"`).
 
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ quoting should be used, e.g. `"path/with\n and \" in it"`.
 The value of `<path>` must be in canoncial form. That is it must not:
 
 * contain an empty directory component (e.g. `foo//bar` is invalid),
-* end with a directory seperator (e.g. `foo/` is invalid),
-* start with a directory seperator (e.g. `/foo` is invalid),
+* end with a directory separator (e.g. `foo/` is invalid),
+* start with a directory separator (e.g. `/foo` is invalid),
 * contain the special component `.` or `..` (e.g. `foo/./bar` and
   `foo/../bar` are invalid).
 
@@ -481,8 +481,9 @@ It is recommended that `<path>` always be encoded using UTF-8.
 
 `filedelete`
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Included in a `commit` command to remove a file from the branch.
-If the file removal makes its directory empty, the directory will
+Included in a `commit` command to remove a file or recursively
+delete an entire directory from the branch.  If the file or directory
+removal makes its parent directory empty, the parent directory will
 be automatically removed too.  This cascades up the tree until the
 first non-empty directory or the root is reached.
 
@@ -490,7 +491,8 @@ first non-empty directory or the root is reached.
        'D' SP <path> LF
 ....
 
-here `<path>` is the complete path of the file to be removed.
+here `<path>` is the complete path of the file or subdirectory to
+be removed from the branch.
 See `filemodify` above for a detailed description of `<path>`.
 
 `filedeleteall`
@@ -548,7 +550,6 @@ lightweight (non-annotated) tags see the `reset` command below.
        'from' SP <committish> LF
        'tagger' SP <name> SP LT <email> GT SP <when> LF
        data
-       LF
 ....
 
 where `<name>` is the name of the tag to create.