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--- a/third_party/git/Documentation/git-rm.txt
+++ b/third_party/git/Documentation/git-rm.txt
@@ -8,18 +8,16 @@ git-rm - Remove files from the working tree and from the index
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git rm' [-f | --force] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch]
-	  [--quiet] [--pathspec-from-file=<file> [--pathspec-file-nul]]
-	  [--] [<pathspec>...]
+'git rm' [-f | --force] [-n] [-r] [--cached] [--ignore-unmatch] [--quiet] [--] <file>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Remove files matching pathspec from the index, or from the working tree
-and the index. `git rm` will not remove a file from just your working
-directory. (There is no option to remove a file only from the working
-tree and yet keep it in the index; use `/bin/rm` if you want to do
-that.) The files being removed have to be identical to the tip of the
-branch, and no updates to their contents can be staged in the index,
+Remove files from the index, or from the working tree and the index.
+`git rm` will not remove a file from just your working directory.
+(There is no option to remove a file only from the working tree
+and yet keep it in the index; use `/bin/rm` if you want to do that.)
+The files being removed have to be identical to the tip of the branch,
+and no updates to their contents can be staged in the index,
 though that default behavior can be overridden with the `-f` option.
 When `--cached` is given, the staged content has to
 match either the tip of the branch or the file on disk,
@@ -28,20 +26,15 @@ allowing the file to be removed from just the index.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-<pathspec>...::
-	Files to remove.  A leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to remove
-	`dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be given to remove all files in
-	the directory, and recursively all sub-directories, but this
-	requires the `-r` option to be explicitly given.
-+
-The command removes only the paths that are known to Git.
-+
-File globbing matches across directory boundaries.  Thus, given two
-directories `d` and `d2`, there is a difference between using
-`git rm 'd*'` and `git rm 'd/*'`, as the former will also remove all
-of directory `d2`.
-+
-For more details, see the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
+<file>...::
+	Files to remove.  Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can be given to
+	remove all matching files.  If you want Git to expand
+	file glob characters, you may need to shell-escape them.
+	A leading directory name
+	(e.g. `dir` to remove `dir/file1` and `dir/file2`) can be
+	given to remove all files in the directory, and recursively
+	all sub-directories,
+	but this requires the `-r` option to be explicitly given.
 
 -f::
 --force::
@@ -75,19 +68,19 @@ For more details, see the 'pathspec' entry in linkgit:gitglossary[7].
 	`git rm` normally outputs one line (in the form of an `rm` command)
 	for each file removed. This option suppresses that output.
 
---pathspec-from-file=<file>::
-	Pathspec is passed in `<file>` instead of commandline args. If
-	`<file>` is exactly `-` then standard input is used. Pathspec
-	elements are separated by LF or CR/LF. Pathspec elements can be
-	quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
-	(see linkgit:git-config[1]). See also `--pathspec-file-nul` and
-	global `--literal-pathspecs`.
 
---pathspec-file-nul::
-	Only meaningful with `--pathspec-from-file`. Pathspec elements are
-	separated with NUL character and all other characters are taken
-	literally (including newlines and quotes).
+DISCUSSION
+----------
+
+The <file> list given to the command can be exact pathnames,
+file glob patterns, or leading directory names.  The command
+removes only the paths that are known to Git.  Giving the name of
+a file that you have not told Git about does not remove that file.
 
+File globbing matches across directory boundaries.  Thus, given
+two directories `d` and `d2`, there is a difference between
+using `git rm 'd*'` and `git rm 'd/*'`, as the former will
+also remove all of directory `d2`.
 
 REMOVING FILES THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THE FILESYSTEM
 --------------------------------------------------------