Start merging the sixth batch for 1.8.0

diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 02e015ad9c41e760b3ab37d2c5a9e4ef9ef0c4f5..72d6bb612ba8890a7f2a8c3ff13820a53918c74a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --all::
        Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref
-       found in `.git/refs/`.  This option enables matching
+       found in `refs/` namespace.  This option enables matching
        any known branch, remote-tracking branch, or lightweight tag.
 
 --tags::
        Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag
-       found in `.git/refs/tags`.  This option enables matching
+       found in `refs/tags` namespace.  This option enables matching
        a lightweight (non-annotated) tag.
 
 --contains::
@@ -156,17 +156,6 @@ selected and output.  Here fewest commits different is defined as
 the number of commits which would be shown by `git log tag..input`
 will be the smallest number of commits possible.
 
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, but somewhat
-butchered by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.  Later significantly
-updated by Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite