merge(3p/git): Merge git subtree at v2.29.2 r/1890

This also bumps the stable nixpkgs to 20.09 as of 2020-11-21, because
there is some breakage in the git build related to the netrc
credentials helper which someone has taken care of in nixpkgs.

The stable channel is not used for anything other than git, so this
should be fine.

Change-Id: I3575a19dab09e1e9556cf8231d717de9890484fb

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/third_party/git/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/third_party/git/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
index 7d3a60f5b9..95a7390b2c 100644
--- a/third_party/git/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
+++ b/third_party/git/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
 	(see <<CRTB,CONFIGURED REMOTE-TRACKING BRANCHES>> below).
 endif::git-pull[]
 ifdef::git-pull[]
-	(see linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
+	(see the section "CONFIGURED REMOTE-TRACKING BRANCHES"
+	in linkgit:git-fetch[1]).
 endif::git-pull[]
 +
 The format of a <refspec> parameter is an optional plus
@@ -29,6 +30,22 @@ The colon can be omitted when <dst> is empty.  <src> is
 typically a ref, but it can also be a fully spelled hex object
 name.
 +
+A <refspec> may contain a `*` in its <src> to indicate a simple pattern
+match. Such a refspec functions like a glob that matches any ref with the
+same prefix. A pattern <refspec> must have a `*` in both the <src> and
+<dst>. It will map refs to the destination by replacing the `*` with the
+contents matched from the source.
++
+If a refspec is prefixed by `^`, it will be interpreted as a negative
+refspec. Rather than specifying which refs to fetch or which local refs to
+update, such a refspec will instead specify refs to exclude. A ref will be
+considered to match if it matches at least one positive refspec, and does
+not match any negative refspec. Negative refspecs can be useful to restrict
+the scope of a pattern refspec so that it will not include specific refs.
+Negative refspecs can themselves be pattern refspecs. However, they may only
+contain a <src> and do not specify a <dst>. Fully spelled out hex object
+names are also not supported.
++
 `tag <tag>` means the same as `refs/tags/<tag>:refs/tags/<tag>`;
 it requests fetching everything up to the given tag.
 +