Merge fixes up to GIT 1.1.2

3 files changed, 32 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index e0ff74f64..e35984dfc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ information.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -a|--all::
-	Update all paths in the index file.
+	Update all paths in the index file.  This flag notices
+	files that have been modified and deleted, but new files
+	you have not told about git are not affected.
 
 -c or -C <commit>::
 	Take existing commit object, and reuse the log message
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index c6a269b7e..315683a6d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -145,6 +145,32 @@ brings your index file and the working tree back to that state,
 and resets the tip of the branch to that commit.
 ------------
 
+Interrupted workflow::
++
+You can get interrupted by an ungent fix request while you are
+still in the middle of a large change.  The files in your
+working tree are not in any shape to be committed yet, but you
+need to get to the other branch for a quick bugfix.
++
+------------
+$ git checkout feature ;# you were working in "feature" branch and
+$ work work work       ;# got interrupted
+$ git commit -a -m 'snapshot WIP' <1>
+$ git checkout master
+$ fix fix fix
+$ git commit ;# commit with real log
+$ git checkout feature
+$ git reset --soft HEAD^ ;# go back to WIP state <2>
+$ git reset <3>
+
+<1> This commit will get blown away so a throw-away log message is OK.
+<2> This removes the 'WIP' commit from the commit history, and makes
+    your working tree in the state just before you made that snapshot.
+<3> After <2>, the index file still has all the WIP changes you
+    committed in <1>.  This sets it to the last commit you were
+    basing the WIP changes on.
+------------
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
@@ -156,4 +182,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
index b5b979242..4524fee6f 100644
--- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ is often useful.
 +
 Some short-cut notations are also supported.
 +
-* For backward compatibility, `tag` is almost ignored;
-  it just makes the following parameter <tag> to mean a
-  refspec `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`.
+* `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`; 
+  used with pull or fetch, it requests fetching everything up to
+  the given tag.
 * A parameter <ref> without a colon is equivalent to
   <ref>: when pulling/fetching, and <ref>`:`<ref> when
   pushing.  That is, do not store it locally if