ls-remote doc: rewrite <repository> paragraph

Replace the <repository> paragraph containing specific references to
$GIT_DIR/branches and "." with a generic urls-or-remotes paragraph
referencing the relevant sections in the git-fetch(1) manpage.

Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
index cce4f93546ebd8456464887a0c44a7f6a9a44f64..283fc0cc53b4e693040e7a48884cdb79a98e4829 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ OPTIONS
        exit without talking to the remote.
 
 <repository>::
-       Location of the repository.  The shorthand defined in
-       $GIT_DIR/branches/ can be used. Use "." (dot) to list references in
-       the local repository.
+       The "remote" repository to query.  This parameter can be
+       either a URL or the name of a remote (see the GIT URLS and
+       REMOTES sections of linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
 
 <refs>...::
        When unspecified, all references, after filtering done