Documentation/remote-helpers: Rewrite description

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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
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--- a/Documentation/config.txt
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@@ -519,10 +519,12 @@ check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
 core.notesRef::
        When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
        the given ref.  This ref is expected to contain files named
-       after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.
+       after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.  The ref
+       must be fully qualified.
 +
 If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
-appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line.  If the
+appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes (<refname>):"
+line (shortened to "Notes:" in the case of "refs/notes/commits").  If the
 given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
 notes should be printed.
 +
@@ -1334,6 +1336,53 @@ mergetool.keepTemporaries::
 mergetool.prompt::
        Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
 
+notes.displayRef::
+       The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
+       showing commit messages.  The value of this variable can be set
+       to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
+       shown.  You may also specify this configuration variable
+       several times.  A warning will be issued for refs that do not
+       exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
+       ignored.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
+environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
+globs.
++
+The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
+GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
+displayed.
+
+notes.rewrite.<command>::
+       When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
+       `rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, git
+       automatically copies your notes from the original to the
+       rewritten commit.  Defaults to `true`, but see
+       "notes.rewriteRef" below.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
+environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
+globs.
+
+notes.rewriteMode::
+       When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
+       "notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
+       the target commit already has a note.  Must be one of
+       `overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`.  Defaults to
+       `concatenate`.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
+environment variable.
+
+notes.rewriteRef::
+       When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
+       qualified) ref whose notes should be copied.  The ref may be a
+       glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
+       You may also specify this configuration several times.
++
+Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
+enable note rewriting.
+
 pack.window::
        The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
        window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.