Merge branch 'rr/name-rev-stdin-doc'

* rr/name-rev-stdin-doc:
name-rev doc: rewrite --stdin paragraph

diff --git a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
index 6b0f1ba75fc98dedf7b940355274ad25d3b458c5..15b00e09916fff47a8244432ce396c9b6f7fbec1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-name-rev.txt
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ OPTIONS
        List all commits reachable from all refs
 
 --stdin::
-       Read from stdin, append "(<rev_name>)" to all sha1's of nameable
-       commits, and pass to stdout
+       Transform stdin by substituting all the 40-character SHA-1
+       hexes (say $hex) with "$hex ($rev_name)".  When used with
+       --name-only, substitute with "$rev_name", omitting $hex
+       altogether.  Intended for the scripter's use.
 
 --name-only::
        Instead of printing both the SHA-1 and the name, print only