Clarify description of <repository> argument to pull/fetch for naming remotes.

Alter the description of <repository> in OPTIONS section to
explicitly state that a 'remote name' is accepted.
Rewrite REMOTES section to more directly identify the
different kinds of remote-name permitted.

Signed-off-by: John J. Franey <jjfraney@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

2 files changed, 63 insertions, 34 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
index b6eb7fc618..cbee369947 100644
--- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <repository>::
 	The "remote" repository that is the source of a fetch
-	or pull operation.  See the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below.
+	or pull operation.  This parameter can be either a URL
+	(see the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below) or the name
+	of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below).
 
 <refspec>::
 	The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is
diff --git a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt
index 5dd1f836c6..99753006e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt
@@ -1,55 +1,82 @@
 include::urls.txt[]
 
-REMOTES
--------
+REMOTES[[REMOTES]]
+------------------
 
-In addition to the above, as a short-hand, the name of a
-file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory can be given; the
-named file should be in the following format:
+The name of one of the following can be used instead
+of a URL as `<repository>` argument:
 
-------------
-	URL: one of the above URL format
-	Push: <refspec>
-	Pull: <refspec>
+* a remote in the git configuration file: `$GIT_DIR/config`,
+* a file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes` directory, or
+* a file in the `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory.
 
-------------
+All of these also allow you to omit the refspec from the command line
+because they each contain a refspec which git will use by default.
 
-Then such a short-hand is specified in place of
-<repository> without <refspec> parameters on the command
-line, <refspec> specified on `Push:` lines or `Pull:`
-lines are used for `git-push` and `git-fetch`/`git-pull`,
-respectively.  Multiple `Push:` and `Pull:` lines may
-be specified for additional branch mappings.
+Named remote in configuration file
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Or, equivalently, in the `$GIT_DIR/config` (note the use
-of `fetch` instead of `Pull:`):
+You can choose to provide the name of a remote which you had previously
+configured using linkgit:git-remote[1], linkgit:git-config[1]
+or even by a manual edit to the `$GIT_DIR/config` file.  The URL of
+this remote will be used to access the repository.  The refspec
+of this remote will be used by default when you do
+not provide a refspec on the command line.  The entry in the
+config file would appear like this:
 
 ------------
-	[remote "<remote>"]
+	[remote "<name>"]
 		url = <url>
 		push = <refspec>
 		fetch = <refspec>
-
 ------------
 
-The name of a file in `$GIT_DIR/branches` directory can be
-specified as an older notation short-hand; the named
-file should contain a single line, a URL in one of the
-above formats, optionally followed by a hash `#` and the
-name of remote head (URL fragment notation).
-`$GIT_DIR/branches/<remote>` file that stores a <url>
-without the fragment is equivalent to have this in the
-corresponding file in the `$GIT_DIR/remotes/` directory.
+
+Named file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You can choose to provide the name of a
+file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes`.  The URL
+in this file will be used to access the repository.  The refspec
+in this file will be used as default when you do not
+provide a refspec on the command line.  This file should have the
+following format:
+
+------------
+	URL: one of the above URL format
+	Push: <refspec>
+	Pull: <refspec>
 
 ------------
-	URL: <url>
-	Pull: refs/heads/master:<remote>
 
+`Push:` lines are used by `git-push` and
+`Pull:` lines are used by `git-pull` and `git-fetch`.
+Multiple `Push:` and `Pull:` lines may
+be specified for additional branch mappings.
+
+Named file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You can choose to provide the name of a
+file in `$GIT_DIR/branches`.
+The URL in this file will be used to access the repository.
+This file should have the following format:
+
+
+------------
+	<url>#<head>
 ------------
 
-while having `<url>#<head>` is equivalent to
+`<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional.
+When you do not provide a refspec on the command line,
+git will use the following refspec, where `<head>` defaults to `master`,
+and `<repository>` is the name of this file
+you provided in the command line.
 
 ------------
-	URL: <url>
-	Pull: refs/heads/<head>:<remote>
+	refs/heads/<head>:<repository>
 ------------
+
+
+
+