From c93ee8bb4e84eeb812430fdaff7773aa353af096 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 10:50:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Autogenerated man pages for v1.3.3-g9e84

---
 man1/git-add.1              | 7 +++++--
 man1/git-branch.1           | 2 +-
 man1/git-check-ref-format.1 | 2 +-
 man1/git-checkout.1         | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man1/git-add.1 b/man1/git-add.1
index d95c02db..f75722a1 100755
--- a/man1/git-add.1
+++ b/man1/git-add.1
@@ -30,11 +30,14 @@ git-add \- Add files to the index file
 
 A simple wrapper for git\-update\-index to add files to the index, for people used to do "cvs add"\&.
 
+
+It only adds non\-ignored files, to add ignored files use "git update\-index \-\-add"\&.
+
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 
 .TP
 <file>...
-Files to add to the index\&.
+Files to add to the index (see \fBgit\-ls\-files\fR(1))\&.
 
 .TP
 \-n
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ Adds all git\-*\&.sh scripts that are not in the index\&. Because this example l
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 
 
-\fBgit\-rm\fR(1)
+\fBgit\-rm\fR(1) \fBgit\-ls\-files\fR(1)
 
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 
diff --git a/man1/git-branch.1 b/man1/git-branch.1
index 33a9ae23..d6f66de2 100755
--- a/man1/git-branch.1
+++ b/man1/git-branch.1
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ List only the "remote" branches\&.
 
 .TP
 <branchname>
-The name of the branch to create or delete\&.
+The name of the branch to create or delete\&. The new branch name must pass all checks defined by \fBgit\-check\-ref\-format\fR(1)\&. Some of these checks may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name\&.
 
 .TP
 <start\-point>
diff --git a/man1/git-check-ref-format.1 b/man1/git-check-ref-format.1
index 831eda22..ef77de02 100755
--- a/man1/git-check-ref-format.1
+++ b/man1/git-check-ref-format.1
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ double\-dot \&.\&. are often used as in ref1\&.\&.ref2, and in some context this
 tilde ~ and caret ^ are used to introduce postfix \fInth parent\fR and \fIpeel onion\fR operation\&.
 .TP
 3.
-colon : is used as in srcref:dstref to mean "use srcref's value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations\&.
+colon : is used as in srcref:dstref to mean "use srcref's value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations\&. It may also be used to select a specific object such as with \fBgit\-cat\-file\fR(1) "git\-cat\-file blob v1\&.3\&.3:refs\&.c"\&.
 .LP
 
 .SH "GIT"
diff --git a/man1/git-checkout.1 b/man1/git-checkout.1
index 90274b81..fdb0f47b 100755
--- a/man1/git-checkout.1
+++ b/man1/git-checkout.1
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Force a re\-read of everything\&.
 
 .TP
 \-b
-Create a new branch and start it at <branch>\&.
+Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at <branch>\&. The new branch name must pass all checks defined by \fBgit\-check\-ref\-format\fR(1)\&. Some of these checks may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name\&.
 
 .TP
 \-m
-- 
2.11.0