Documentation: add shell guidelines

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 9767b2b483dbe634db1a700e4b3529593f8189ec..bf5316ffa929a88aa98f5b3c7a892ee43638a098 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
        [(--merged | --no-merged) [<commit>]]
        [--contains [<commit]] [--no-contains [<commit>]]
        [--points-at <object>] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
-'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
+'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
 'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>]
 'git branch' --unset-upstream [<branchname>]
 'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ OPTIONS
        The negated form `--no-create-reflog` only overrides an earlier
        `--create-reflog`, but currently does not negate the setting of
        `core.logAllRefUpdates`.
-+
-The `-l` option is a deprecated synonym for `--create-reflog`.
 
 -f::
 --force::
@@ -156,14 +154,11 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode.
 --all::
        List both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
 
+-l::
 --list::
        List branches.  With optional `<pattern>...`, e.g. `git
        branch --list 'maint-*'`, list only the branches that match
        the pattern(s).
-+
-This should not be confused with `git branch -l <branchname>`,
-which creates a branch named `<branchname>` with a reflog.
-See `--create-reflog` above for details.
 
 -v::
 -vv::