branch: teach --edit-description option

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index c50f1898272f6b2a9a1c1cd236d3b27621d4fdb9..8871a4ec2143bc8683004cf32847f2d93fb39040 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
 'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
 'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...
+'git branch' --edit-description [<branchname>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -113,7 +114,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --abbrev=<length>::
        Alter the sha1's minimum display length in the output listing.
-       The default value is 7.
+       The default value is 7 and can be overridden by the `core.abbrev`
+       config option.
 
 --no-abbrev::
        Display the full sha1s in the output listing rather than abbreviating them.
@@ -143,6 +145,10 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
        like '--track' would when creating the branch, except that where
        branch points to is not changed.
 
+--edit-description::
+       Open an editor and edit the text to explain what the branch is
+       for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `request-pull`).
+
 --contains <commit>::
        Only list branches which contain the specified commit.