Merge branch 'jk/maint-push-tracking-wo-remote'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-send-pack.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
index 399821832c2a5cd6a718a7dc37a87e6b5bc0b213..deaa7d9654f5938fabad3e1eae29ae7c7803d2ec 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Usually you would want to use 'git-push', which is a
+Usually you would want to use 'git push', which is a
 higher-level wrapper of this command, instead. See linkgit:git-push[1].
 
 Invokes 'git-receive-pack' on a possibly remote repository, and
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ OPTIONS
        Run verbosely.
 
 --thin::
-       Spend extra cycles to minimize the number of objects to be sent.
-       Use it on slower connection.
+       Send a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based
+       on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic.
 
 <host>::
        A remote host to house the repository.  When this
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ and the destination side (after the colon).  The ref to be
 pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
 side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
 destination side. The rules used to match a ref are the same
-rules used by 'git-rev-parse' to resolve a symbolic ref
+rules used by 'git rev-parse' to resolve a symbolic ref
 name. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
 
  - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ name. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
 
 Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
 <dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
-ancestor) of <src>.  This check, known as "fast forward check",
+ancestor) of <src>.  This check, known as "fast-forward check",
 is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
 remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
 
-With '--force', the fast forward check is disabled for all refs.
+With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.
 
 Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
 to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.