Merge branch 'jk/ident-loosen-getpwuid' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index 851518d531b53966dc6dca1321c71e8381f50e7b..8de349968a3be4ea7e65a4a254041b0f0fb63347 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ merge::
        any) into the current notes ref (called "local").
 +
 If conflicts arise and a strategy for automatically resolving
-conflicting notes (see the -s/--strategy option) is not given,
+conflicting notes (see the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section) is not given,
 the "manual" resolver is used. This resolver checks out the
 conflicting notes in a special worktree (`.git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE`),
 and instructs the user to manually resolve the conflicts there.
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --ref <ref>::
        Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>.  This overrides
        'GIT_NOTES_REF' and the "core.notesRef" configuration.  The ref
-       is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified.
+       specifies the full refname when it begins with `refs/notes/`; when it
+       begins with `notes/`, `refs/` and otherwise `refs/notes/` is prefixed
+       to form a full name of the ref.
 
 --ignore-missing::
        Do not consider it an error to request removing notes from an
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@ OPTIONS
        When merging notes, resolve notes conflicts using the given
        strategy. The following strategies are recognized: "manual"
        (default), "ours", "theirs", "union" and "cat_sort_uniq".
+       This option overrides the "notes.mergeStrategy" configuration setting.
        See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section below for more
        information on each notes merge strategy.
 
@@ -247,6 +250,9 @@ When done, the user can either finalize the merge with
 'git notes merge --commit', or abort the merge with
 'git notes merge --abort'.
 
+Users may select an automated merge strategy from among the following using
+either -s/--strategy option or configuring notes.mergeStrategy accordingly:
+
 "ours" automatically resolves conflicting notes in favor of the local
 version (i.e. the current notes ref).
 
@@ -310,6 +316,20 @@ core.notesRef::
        This setting can be overridden through the environment and
        command line.
 
+notes.mergeStrategy::
+       Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
+       conflicts.  Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
+       `cat_sort_uniq`.  Defaults to `manual`.  See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
+       section above for more information on each strategy.
++
+This setting can be overridden by passing the `--strategy` option.
+
+notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
+       Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
+       refs/notes/<name>.  This overrides the more general
+       "notes.mergeStrategy".  See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section above
+       for more information on each available strategy.
+
 notes.displayRef::
        Which ref (or refs, if a glob or specified more than once), in
        addition to the default set by `core.notesRef` or
@@ -331,7 +351,8 @@ environment variable.
 notes.rewriteMode::
        When copying notes during a rewrite, what to do if the target
        commit already has a note.  Must be one of `overwrite`,
-       `concatenate`, and `ignore`.  Defaults to `concatenate`.
+       `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.  Defaults to
+       `concatenate`.
 +
 This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
 environment variable.
@@ -368,7 +389,7 @@ does not match any refs is silently ignored.
 'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE'::
        When copying notes during a rewrite, what to do if the target
        commit already has a note.
-       Must be one of `overwrite`, `concatenate`, and `ignore`.
+       Must be one of `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
        This overrides the `core.rewriteMode` setting.
 
 'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF'::