Merge branch 'maint-2.5' into maint-2.6

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 68978f53381baf1b179b70f22e97084893d5c227..1c790ac74a6907365c4a69938c3a75ab690cfc2e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1431,11 +1431,11 @@ differently.  Normally, a merge results in a merge commit, with two
 parents, one pointing at each of the two lines of development that
 were merged.
 
-However, if the current branch is a descendant of the other--so every
-commit present in the one is already contained in the other--then Git
-just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved
-forward to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new
-commits being created.
+However, if the current branch is an ancestor of the other--so every commit
+present in the current branch is already contained in the other branch--then Git
+just performs a "fast-forward"; the head of the current branch is moved forward
+to point at the head of the merged-in branch, without any new commits being
+created.
 
 [[fixing-mistakes]]
 Fixing mistakes
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ resolving a merge>>.
 
 [[fixing-a-mistake-by-rewriting-history]]
 Fixing a mistake by rewriting history
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 If the problematic commit is the most recent commit, and you have not
 yet made that commit public, then you may just
@@ -3424,7 +3424,7 @@ just missing one particular blob version.
 
 [[the-index]]
 The index
------------
+---------
 
 The index is a binary file (generally kept in `.git/index`) containing a
 sorted list of path names, each with permissions and the SHA-1 of a blob