Merge branch 'maint-1.6.6' into maint-1.7.0

[git.git] / Documentation / git-branch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 6b6c3da2d95ad2d5d94949034d5dd723f48d977a..60fa684b1d99d798d8db4a1b0e89cd878f48c21a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ way to clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -d::
-       Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged in HEAD.
+       Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged in its
+       upstream branch, or in `HEAD` if no upstream was set with
+       `--track` or `--set-upstream`.
 
 -D::
        Delete a branch irrespective of its merged status.
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ OPTIONS
        Create the branch's reflog.  This activates recording of
        all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date
        based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
+       Note that in non-bare repositories, reflogs are usually
+       enabled by default by the `core.logallrefupdates` config option.
 
 -f::
 --force::