Documentation: clarify effects of -- <path> arguments

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 6b937771994f5b0a532b6f2cc522a9d3f35c9c09..4914d768c7c2f14abd854a58c594a4e88184047d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ core.logAllRefUpdates::
        SHA1, the date/time and the reason of the update, but
        only when the file exists.  If this configuration
        variable is set to true, missing "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>"
-       file is automatically created for branch heads.
+       file is automatically created for branch heads (i.e. under
+       refs/heads/), remote refs (i.e. under refs/remotes/),
+       note refs (i.e. under refs/notes/), and the symbolic ref HEAD.
 +
 This information can be used to determine what commit
 was the tip of a branch "2 days ago".