Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 971fd9f16fba0bf07983a5aa9d016a20e059d7b6..edf50cd2113e73daa0a05c16a416424441f010f3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ core.worktree::
        Set the path to the working tree.  The value will not be
        used in combination with repositories found automatically in
        a .git directory (i.e. $GIT_DIR is not set).
-       This can be overriden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
+       This can be overridden by the GIT_WORK_TREE environment
        variable and the '--work-tree' command line option.
 
 core.logAllRefUpdates::
@@ -324,10 +324,11 @@ branch.<name>.remote::
        If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
 
 branch.<name>.merge::
-       When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
-       be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
-       a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote
-       given by "branch.<name>.remote".
+       When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default
+       refspec to be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value is
+       handled like the remote part of a refspec, and must match a
+       ref which is fetched from the remote given by
+       "branch.<name>.remote".
        The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
        `git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
        this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
@@ -607,7 +608,7 @@ merge.verbosity::
        message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
        conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes.  Level 5 and
        above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
-       Can be overriden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+       Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
 
 merge.<driver>.name::
        Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level