user-manual: fix discussion of default clone

J. Bruce Fields · Junio C Hamano · commit 4f752407964a · 2007-04-16T01:10:28.000-07:00
The name "master" isn't actually quite so special.  Also, fix some bad
grammar.

Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" &lt;bfields@citi.umich.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;junkio@cox.net&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ $ git branch
 * master
 ------------------------------------------------
 
-A freshly cloned repository contains a single branch head, named
-"master", and working directory is initialized to the state of
-the project referred to by "master".
+A freshly cloned repository contains a single branch head, by default
+named "master", with the working directory initialized to the state of
+the project referred to by that branch head.
 
 Most projects also use <<def_tag,tags>>.  Tags, like heads, are
 references into the project's history, and can be listed using the
