merge(3p/git): Merge git upstream at v2.26.2 r/808

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/third_party/git/Documentation/config/format.txt b/third_party/git/Documentation/config/format.txt
index 414a5a8a9d7d..45c7bd5a8ff8 100644
--- a/third_party/git/Documentation/config/format.txt
+++ b/third_party/git/Documentation/config/format.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ format.subjectPrefix::
 	The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
 	subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
 
+format.coverFromDescription::
+	The default mode for format-patch to determine which parts of
+	the cover letter will be populated using the branch's
+	description. See the `--cover-from-description` option in
+	linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
 format.signature::
 	The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
 	the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.
@@ -77,10 +83,11 @@ format.coverLetter::
 	A boolean that controls whether to generate a cover-letter when
 	format-patch is invoked, but in addition can be set to "auto", to
 	generate a cover-letter only when there's more than one patch.
+	Default is false.
 
 format.outputDirectory::
 	Set a custom directory to store the resulting files instead of the
-	current working directory.
+	current working directory. All directory components will be created.
 
 format.useAutoBase::
 	A boolean value which lets you enable the `--base=auto` option of
@@ -99,4 +106,20 @@ If one wishes to use the ref `ref/notes/true`, please use that literal
 instead.
 +
 This configuration can be specified multiple times in order to allow
-multiple notes refs to be included.
+multiple notes refs to be included. In that case, it will behave
+similarly to multiple `--[no-]notes[=]` options passed in. That is, a
+value of `true` will show the default notes, a value of `<ref>` will
+also show notes from that notes ref and a value of `false` will negate
+previous configurations and not show notes.
++
+For example,
++
+------------
+[format]
+	notes = true
+	notes = foo
+	notes = false
+	notes = bar
+------------
++
+will only show notes from `refs/notes/bar`.