Merge branch 'maint'

gitster · gitster · commit 6a609823f449 · 2012-02-23T13:29:10.000-08:00
* maint:
  README: point to Documentation/SubmittingPatches
  Document merge.branchdesc configuration variable
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ OPTIONS
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 
+merge.branchdesc::
+	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
+	the branch description text associated with them.  Defaults
+	to false.
+
 merge.log::
 	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at
 	most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the
diff --git a/README b/README
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ including full documentation and Git related tools.
 
 The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git
 mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature
-requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe
-to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to
-majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at
-http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites.
+requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read
+Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission).
+To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in
+the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are
+available at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival
+sites.
 
 The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in
 git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and
