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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-01-18 15:53:37 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2007-01-18 15:53:37 -0800
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Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title
Also reorders a handful entries to make each list sorted alphabetically. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cmds-ancillarymanipulators.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cmds-mainporcelain.txt31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cmds-plumbinginterrogators.txt22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/cmds-synchingrepositories.txt39
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-apply.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-archive.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-bisect.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-branch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cat-file.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-clone.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-count-objects.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fetch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-hash-object.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-http-push.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-init.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-instaweb.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-files.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-base.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-file.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-index.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-merge.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-mv.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-patch-id.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-pull.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rebase.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-repack.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-repo-config.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rerere.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-send-pack.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-shell.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ssh-fetch.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ssh-upload.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-svn.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-index.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-ref.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-var.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-write-tree.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt2
63 files changed, 132 insertions, 143 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt b/Documentation/cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt
index 83b36cea1..7398348d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ gitlink:git-annotate[1]::
Annotate file lines with commit info.
gitlink:git-blame[1]::
- Find out where each line in a file came from.
+ Show what revision and author last modified each line of a file.
gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1]::
Make sure ref name is well formed.
@@ -29,25 +29,22 @@ gitlink:git-instaweb[1]::
Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb.
gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]::
- Extracts patch and authorship information from a single
- e-mail message, optionally transliterating the commit
- message into utf-8.
+ Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message.
gitlink:git-mailsplit[1]::
- A stupid program to split UNIX mbox format mailbox into
- individual pieces of e-mail.
+ Simple UNIX mbox splitter program.
gitlink:git-merge-tree[1]::
Show three-way merge without touching index.
+gitlink:git-parse-remote[1]::
+ Routines to help parsing remote repository access parameters.
+
gitlink:git-patch-id[1]::
Compute unique ID for a patch.
-gitlink:git-parse-remote[1]::
- Routines to help parsing `$GIT_DIR/remotes/` files.
-
gitlink:git-request-pull[1]::
- git-request-pull.
+ Generates a summary of pending changes.
gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]::
Pick out and massage parameters.
@@ -56,10 +53,11 @@ gitlink:git-runstatus[1]::
A helper for git-status and git-commit.
gitlink:git-send-email[1]::
- Send patch e-mails out of "format-patch --mbox" output.
+ Send a collection of patches as emails.
+
+gitlink:git-stripspace[1]::
+ Filter out empty lines.
gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1]::
Read and modify symbolic refs.
-gitlink:git-stripspace[1]::
- Filter out empty lines.
diff --git a/Documentation/cmds-ancillarymanipulators.txt b/Documentation/cmds-ancillarymanipulators.txt
index c3b4a5ee4..638a132ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmds-ancillarymanipulators.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmds-ancillarymanipulators.txt
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ gitlink:git-applypatch[1]::
Apply one patch extracted from an e-mail.
gitlink:git-archimport[1]::
- Import an arch repository into git.
+ Import an Arch repository into git.
gitlink:git-convert-objects[1]::
Converts old-style git repository.
-gitlink:git-cvsimport[1]::
- Salvage your data out of another SCM people love to hate.
-
gitlink:git-cvsexportcommit[1]::
Export a single commit to a CVS checkout.
+gitlink:git-cvsimport[1]::
+ Salvage your data out of another SCM people love to hate.
+
gitlink:git-cvsserver[1]::
A CVS server emulator for git.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ gitlink:git-lost-found[1]::
Recover lost refs that luckily have not yet been pruned.
gitlink:git-merge-one-file[1]::
- The standard helper program to use with `git-merge-index`.
+ The standard helper program to use with git-merge-index.
gitlink:git-prune[1]::
Prunes all unreachable objects from the object database.
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ gitlink:git-reflog[1]::
gitlink:git-relink[1]::
Hardlink common objects in local repositories.
+gitlink:git-sh-setup[1]::
+ Common git shell script setup code.
+
gitlink:git-svn[1]::
Bidirectional operation between a single Subversion branch and git.
gitlink:git-svnimport[1]::
Import a SVN repository into git.
-gitlink:git-sh-setup[1]::
- Common git shell script setup code.
-
gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1]::
Read and modify symbolic refs.
diff --git a/Documentation/cmds-mainporcelain.txt b/Documentation/cmds-mainporcelain.txt
index 0bdfc439f..05c5965dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmds-mainporcelain.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmds-mainporcelain.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
gitlink:git-add[1]::
- Add paths to the index.
+ Add file contents to the changeset to be committed next.
gitlink:git-am[1]::
- Apply patches from a mailbox, but cooler.
+ Apply a series of patches from a mailbox.
gitlink:git-applymbox[1]::
- Apply patches from a mailbox, original version by Linus.
+ Apply a series of patches in a mailbox.
gitlink:git-archive[1]::
Creates an archive of files from a named tree.
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ gitlink:git-bisect[1]::
Find the change that introduced a bug by binary search.
gitlink:git-branch[1]::
- Create and Show branches.
+ List, create, or delete branches.
gitlink:git-checkout[1]::
Checkout and switch to a branch.
gitlink:git-cherry-pick[1]::
- Cherry-pick the effect of an existing commit.
+ Apply the change introduced by an existing commit.
gitlink:git-clean[1]::
Remove untracked files from the working tree.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ gitlink:git-diff[1]::
Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc.
gitlink:git-fetch[1]::
- Download from a remote repository via various protocols.
+ Download objects and refs from another repository.
gitlink:git-format-patch[1]::
Prepare patches for e-mail submission.
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ gitlink:gitk[1]::
The git repository browser.
gitlink:git-log[1]::
- Shows commit logs.
+ Show commit logs.
gitlink:git-ls-remote[1]::
- Shows references in a remote or local repository.
+ List references in a remote repository.
gitlink:git-merge[1]::
- Grand unified merge driver.
+ Join two or more development histories together.
gitlink:git-mv[1]::
Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink.
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ gitlink:git-pack-refs[1]::
Pack heads and tags for efficient repository access.
gitlink:git-pull[1]::
- Fetch from and merge with a remote repository or a local branch.
+ Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch.
gitlink:git-push[1]::
Update remote refs along with associated objects.
gitlink:git-rebase[1]::
- Rebase local commits to the updated upstream head.
+ Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head.
gitlink:git-repack[1]::
Pack unpacked objects in a repository.
@@ -89,19 +89,20 @@ gitlink:git-rm[1]::
Remove files from the working tree and from the index.
gitlink:git-shortlog[1]::
- Summarizes 'git log' output.
+ Summarize 'git log' output.
gitlink:git-show[1]::
- Show one commit log and its diff.
+ Show various types of objects.
gitlink:git-show-branch[1]::
Show branches and their commits.
gitlink:git-status[1]::
- Shows the working tree status.
+ Show the working tree status.
gitlink:git-verify-tag[1]::
Check the GPG signature of tag.
gitlink:git-whatchanged[1]::
- Shows commit logs and differences they introduce.
+ Show logs with difference each commit introduces.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/cmds-plumbinginterrogators.txt b/Documentation/cmds-plumbinginterrogators.txt
index bdf383412..28580eae9 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmds-plumbinginterrogators.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmds-plumbinginterrogators.txt
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ gitlink:git-cat-file[1]::
gitlink:git-describe[1]::
Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit.
-gitlink:git-diff-index[1]::
- Compares content and mode of blobs between the index and repository.
-
gitlink:git-diff-files[1]::
Compares files in the working tree and the index.
+gitlink:git-diff-index[1]::
+ Compares content and mode of blobs between the index and repository.
+
gitlink:git-diff-stages[1]::
- Compares two "merge stages" in the index.
+ Compares two merge stages in the index.
gitlink:git-diff-tree[1]::
Compares the content and mode of blobs found via two tree objects.
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ gitlink:git-fsck-objects[1]::
Verifies the connectivity and validity of the objects in the database.
gitlink:git-ls-files[1]::
- Information about files in the index and the working tree.
+ Show information about files in the index and the working tree.
gitlink:git-ls-tree[1]::
- Displays a tree object in human readable form.
+ List the contents of a tree object.
gitlink:git-merge-base[1]::
- Finds as good common ancestors as possible for a merge.
+ Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge.
gitlink:git-name-rev[1]::
Find symbolic names for given revs.
@@ -41,20 +41,20 @@ gitlink:git-rev-list[1]::
Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order.
gitlink:git-show-index[1]::
- Displays contents of a pack idx file.
+ Show packed archive index.
gitlink:git-show-ref[1]::
List references in a local repository.
gitlink:git-tar-tree[1]::
- Creates a tar archive of the files in the named tree object.
+ Create a tar archive of the files in the named tree object.
gitlink:git-unpack-file[1]::
Creates a temporary file with a blob's contents.
gitlink:git-var[1]::
- Displays a git logical variable.
+ Show a git logical variable.
gitlink:git-verify-pack[1]::
- Validates packed git archive files.
+ Validate packed git archive files.
diff --git a/Documentation/cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt b/Documentation/cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt
index d5124ccee..436387710 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmds-plumbingmanipulators.txt
@@ -1,28 +1,26 @@
gitlink:git-apply[1]::
- Reads a "diff -up1" or git generated patch file and
- applies it to the working tree.
+ Apply a patch on a git index file and a working tree.
gitlink:git-checkout-index[1]::
Copy files from the index to the working tree.
gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]::
- Creates a new commit object.
+ Create a new commit object.
gitlink:git-hash-object[1]::
- Computes the object ID from a file.
+ Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file.
gitlink:git-index-pack[1]::
- Build pack idx file for an existing packed archive.
+ Build pack index file for an existing packed archive.
gitlink:git-init[1]::
- Creates an empty git repository, or reinitialize an
- existing one.
+ Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one.
gitlink:git-merge-file[1]::
- Runs a threeway merge.
+ Run a three-way file merge.
gitlink:git-merge-index[1]::
- Runs a merge for files needing merging.
+ Run a merge for files needing merging.
gitlink:git-mktag[1]::
Creates a tag object.
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ gitlink:git-mktree[1]::
Build a tree-object from ls-tree formatted text.
gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]::
- Creates a packed archive of objects.
+ Create a packed archive of objects.
gitlink:git-prune-packed[1]::
Remove extra objects that are already in pack files.
@@ -40,13 +38,14 @@ gitlink:git-read-tree[1]::
Reads tree information into the index.
gitlink:git-repo-config[1]::
- Get and set options in .git/config.
+ Get and set repository or global options.
gitlink:git-unpack-objects[1]::
- Unpacks objects out of a packed archive.
+ Unpack objects from a packed archive.
gitlink:git-update-index[1]::
- Registers files in the working tree to the index.
+ Register file contents in the working tree to the index.
gitlink:git-write-tree[1]::
- Creates a tree from the index.
+ Create a tree object from the current index.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/cmds-synchingrepositories.txt b/Documentation/cmds-synchingrepositories.txt
index b0baa7d52..01b5bb992 100644
--- a/Documentation/cmds-synchingrepositories.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cmds-synchingrepositories.txt
@@ -1,46 +1,39 @@
gitlink:git-fetch-pack[1]::
- Updates from a remote repository (engine for ssh and
- local transport).
+ Receive missing objects from another repository.
gitlink:git-http-fetch[1]::
- Downloads a remote git repository via HTTP by walking
- commit chain.
+ Download from a remote git repository via HTTP.
+
+gitlink:git-http-push[1]::
+ Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository.
gitlink:git-local-fetch[1]::
- Duplicates another git repository on a local system by
- walking commit chain.
+ Duplicate another git repository on a local system.
gitlink:git-peek-remote[1]::
- Lists references on a remote repository using
- upload-pack protocol (engine for ssh and local
- transport).
+ List the references in a remote repository.
gitlink:git-receive-pack[1]::
- Invoked by 'git-send-pack' to receive what is pushed to it.
+ Receive what is pushed into the repository.
gitlink:git-send-pack[1]::
- Pushes to a remote repository, intelligently.
-
-gitlink:git-http-push[1]::
- Push missing objects using HTTP/DAV.
+ Push objects over git protocol to another reposiotory.
gitlink:git-shell[1]::
- Restricted shell for GIT-only SSH access.
+ Restricted login shell for GIT-only SSH access.
gitlink:git-ssh-fetch[1]::
- Pulls from a remote repository over ssh connection by
- walking commit chain.
+ Fetch from a remote repository over ssh connection.
gitlink:git-ssh-upload[1]::
- Helper "server-side" program used by git-ssh-fetch.
+ Push to a remote repository over ssh connection.
gitlink:git-update-server-info[1]::
- Updates auxiliary information on a dumb server to help
- clients discover references and packs on it.
+ Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers.
gitlink:git-upload-archive[1]::
- Invoked by 'git-archive' to send a generated archive.
+ Send archive back to git-archive.
gitlink:git-upload-pack[1]::
- Invoked by 'git-fetch-pack' to push
- what are asked for.
+ Send objects packed back to git-fetch-pack.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 53e81cb10..aa4ce1ddb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-am(1)
NAME
----
-git-am - Apply a series of patches in a mailbox
+git-am - Apply a series of patches from a mailbox
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 33b93db50..065ba1bf2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-apply(1)
NAME
----
-git-apply - Apply patch on a git index file and a work tree
+git-apply - Apply a patch on a git index file and a working tree
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index 031fcd519..493474b2e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-archive(1)
NAME
----
-git-archive - Creates a archive of the files in the named tree
+git-archive - Creates an archive of files from a named tree
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index ac4b4965a..16ec7269b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-bisect(1)
NAME
----
-git-bisect - Find the change that introduced a bug
+git-bisect - Find the change that introduced a bug by binary search
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index d5f811826..aa1fdd402 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-branch(1)
NAME
----
-git-branch - List, create, or delete branches.
+git-branch - List, create, or delete branches
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 5e9cbf875..7e90ce91b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-cat-file(1)
NAME
----
-git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
+git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
index 765c173e1..6dd6db04b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout-index.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-checkout-index(1)
NAME
----
-git-checkout-index - Copy files from the index to the working directory
+git-checkout-index - Copy files from the index to the working tree
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index a78207461..707376f22 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-clone(1)
NAME
----
-git-clone - Clones a repository
+git-clone - Clones a repository into a new directory
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index f5d8050c9..cf25507f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-commit-tree(1)
NAME
----
-git-commit-tree - Creates a new commit object
+git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index bd1c22b31..532703a67 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-commit(1)
NAME
----
-git-commit - Record your changes
+git-commit - Record changes to the repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
index c59df6438..91c8c92c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-count-objects.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-count-objects(1)
NAME
----
-git-count-objects - Reports on unpacked objects
+git-count-objects - Count unpacked number of objects and their disk consumption
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
index 092d0d673..347cbcec3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsexportcommit.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-cvsexportcommit(1)
NAME
----
-git-cvsexportcommit - Export a commit to a CVS checkout
+git-cvsexportcommit - Export a single commit to a CVS checkout
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index 44713949a..f5450de74 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-cvsimport(1)
NAME
----
-git-cvsimport - Import a CVS repository into git
+git-cvsimport - Salvage your data out of another SCM people love to hate
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt b/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt
index 327391862..120d14e87 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff-stages.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-diff-stages(1)
NAME
----
-git-diff-stages - Compares content and mode of blobs between stages in an unmerged index file
+git-diff-stages - Compares two merge stages in the index
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
index a9e86fd26..7ecf2408d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-fetch(1)
NAME
----
-git-fetch - Download objects and a head from another repository
+git-fetch - Download objects and refs from another repository
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
index 04e8d0043..5edc36f06 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-hash-object.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-hash-object(1)
NAME
----
-git-hash-object - Computes object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file
+git-hash-object - Compute object ID and optionally creates a blob from a file
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
index 3d508094a..7dc2df304 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-http-fetch(1)
NAME
----
-git-http-fetch - downloads a remote git repository via HTTP
+git-http-fetch - Download from a remote git repository via HTTP
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
index c2485c6e9..4b4a46169 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-http-push(1)
NAME
----
-git-http-push - Push missing objects using HTTP/DAV
+git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 596b567c9..1b64d3ab0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-init(1)
NAME
----
-git-init - Creates an empty git repository
+git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
index 7dd393b97..52a6aa6e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-instaweb(1)
NAME
----
-git-instaweb - instantly browse your working repository in gitweb
+git-instaweb - Instantly browse your working repository in gitweb
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt
index 2fbdfe086..22048d82b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-local-fetch.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-local-fetch(1)
NAME
----
-git-local-fetch - Duplicates another git repository on a local system
+git-local-fetch - Duplicate another git repository on a local system
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 8520b9711..79e0b7b71 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-ls-files(1)
NAME
----
-git-ls-files - Information about files in the index/working directory
+git-ls-files - Show information about files in the index and the working tree
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index f283bacb6..789939408 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-ls-tree(1)
NAME
----
-git-ls-tree - Lists the contents of a tree object
+git-ls-tree - List the contents of a tree object
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
index 1ff6e7d6c..ba18133ea 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailinfo.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-mailinfo(1)
NAME
----
-git-mailinfo - Extracts patch from a single e-mail message
+git-mailinfo - Extracts patch and authorship from a single e-mail message
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
index 5a17801f6..c11d6a530 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-mailsplit(1)
NAME
----
-git-mailsplit - Totally braindamaged mbox splitter program
+git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
index 6099be2ad..3190aed10 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-base.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-merge-base(1)
NAME
----
-git-merge-base - Finds as good a common ancestor as possible for a merge
+git-merge-base - Find as good common ancestors as possible for a merge
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt
index 29d3faa55..31882abb8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-file.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-merge-file(1)
NAME
----
-git-merge-file - three-way file merge
+git-merge-file - Run a three-way file merge
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
index 0cf505ea8..b8ee1ff2b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-index.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-merge-index(1)
NAME
----
-git-merge-index - Runs a merge for files needing merging
+git-merge-index - Run a merge for files needing merging
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt
index 86aad37c6..f80ab3b8c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-one-file.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-merge-one-file(1)
NAME
----
-git-merge-one-file - The standard helper program to use with "git-merge-index"
+git-merge-one-file - The standard helper program to use with git-merge-index
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 0f79665ea..3c08a6f7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-merge(1)
NAME
----
-git-merge - Grand Unified Merge Driver
+git-merge - Join two or more development histories together
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
index 207c43a63..6756b76bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-mv(1)
NAME
----
-git-mv - Move or rename a file, directory or symlink
+git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
index 7d54b17e3..be2c64eb5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-redundant.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-pack-redundant(1)
NAME
----
-git-pack-redundant - Program used to find redundant pack files
+git-pack-redundant - Find redundant pack files
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt
index 918ca55f5..11b1f4d2e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-parse-remote.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-parse-remote(1)
NAME
----
-git-parse-remote - Routines to help parsing $GIT_DIR/remotes/
+git-parse-remote - Routines to help parsing remote repository access parameters
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
index 5389097f7..a7e9fd021 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-patch-id(1)
NAME
----
-git-patch-id - Generate a patch ID
+git-patch-id - Compute unique ID for a patch
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt
index a00060c50..ac57cda3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-peek-remote.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-peek-remote(1)
NAME
----
-git-peek-remote - Lists the references in a remote repository
+git-peek-remote - List the references in a remote repository
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
index a79193fb0..310033e46 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-prune-packed.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ git-prune-packed(1)
NAME
----
-git-prune-packed - Program used to remove the extra object files that are now
-residing in a pack file.
+git-prune-packed - Remove extra objects that are already in pack files
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index a90b764cc..3e5f11572 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-pull(1)
NAME
----
-git-pull - Pull and merge from another repository or a local branch
+git-pull - Fetch from and merge with another repository or a local branch
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 03e867a40..0cb9e1f10 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-rebase(1)
NAME
----
-git-rebase - Rebase local commits to a new head
+git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
index 0dfadc2a3..10e8c46c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-receive-pack(1)
NAME
----
-git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into it
+git-receive-pack - Receive what is pushed into the repository
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index 0fa47e3b0..4a57ce860 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ git-repack(1)
NAME
----
-git-repack - Script used to pack a repository from a collection of
-objects into pack files.
+git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
index c55a8ba0d..9db3d3082 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-repo-config(1)
NAME
----
-git-repo-config - Get and set repository or global options.
+git-repo-config - Get and set repository or global options
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt
index c65c59e86..139b6eb77 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rerere.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rerere.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-rerere(1)
NAME
----
-git-rerere - Reuse recorded resolve
+git-rerere - Reuse recorded resolution of conflicted merges
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
index 88f4e394e..eea8fe8af 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-send-pack(1)
NAME
----
-git-send-pack - Push missing objects packed
+git-send-pack - Push objects over git protocol to another reposiotory
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt
index cc4266d83..228b9f14f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-shell(1)
NAME
----
-git-shell - Restricted login shell for GIT over SSH only
+git-shell - Restricted login shell for GIT-only SSH access
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ssh-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-ssh-fetch.txt
index b7116b30e..192b1f15a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ssh-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ssh-fetch.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-ssh-fetch(1)
NAME
----
-git-ssh-fetch - Pulls from a remote repository over ssh connection
+git-ssh-fetch - Fetch from a remote repository over ssh connection
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ssh-upload.txt b/Documentation/git-ssh-upload.txt
index 702674e45..a9b7e9f97 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ssh-upload.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ssh-upload.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-ssh-upload(1)
NAME
----
-git-ssh-upload - Pushes to a remote repository over ssh connection
+git-ssh-upload - Push to a remote repository over ssh connection
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 7f86d8cd5..03871e5d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-status(1)
NAME
----
-git-status - Show working tree status
+git-status - Show the working tree status
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 321083d46..b95ff1da9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-svn(1)
NAME
----
-git-svn - bidirectional operation between Subversion and git
+git-svn - Bidirectional operation between a single Subversion branch and git
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
index fec3b4f64..f93b79a85 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-symbolic-ref.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-symbolic-ref(1)
NAME
----
-git-symbolic-ref - read and modify symbolic refs
+git-symbolic-ref - Read and modify symbolic refs
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
index bc3360f07..595940524 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-tar-tree(1)
NAME
----
-git-tar-tree - Creates a tar archive of the files in the named tree
+git-tar-tree - Create a tar archive of the files in the named tree object
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 0e0a3af1b..5bbae42d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-update-index(1)
NAME
----
-git-update-index - Modifies the index or directory cache
+git-update-index - Register file contents in the working tree to the index
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
index 71bcb7954..9424feab3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-update-ref(1)
NAME
----
-git-update-ref - update the object name stored in a ref safely
+git-update-ref - Update the object name stored in a ref safely
SYNOPSIS
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt
index 388bb53d2..403871d7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-upload-archive.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-upload-archive(1)
NAME
----
-git-upload-archive - Send archive
+git-upload-archive - Send archive back to git-archive
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
index b2c930766..9da062d5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-upload-pack(1)
NAME
----
-git-upload-pack - Send missing objects packed
+git-upload-pack - Send objects packed back to git-fetch-pack
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
index a5b1a0dba..8a50638e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-var.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-var(1)
NAME
----
-git-var - Print the git users identity
+git-var - Show a git logical variable
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
index c85fa89c3..96d5e07b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-write-tree(1)
NAME
----
-git-write-tree - Creates a tree object from the current index
+git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index
SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index 6e2a8782c..5bdaa601f 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ gitk(1)
NAME
----
-gitk - git repository browser
+gitk - The git repository browser
SYNOPSIS
--------