Merge commit 'v1.7.6' into jc/checkout-reflog-fix

* commit 'v1.7.6': (3211 commits)
  Git 1.7.6
  completion: replace core.abbrevguard to core.abbrev
  Git 1.7.6-rc3
  Documentation: git diff --check respects core.whitespace
  gitweb: 'pickaxe' and 'grep' features requires 'search' to be enabled
  t7810: avoid unportable use of "echo"
  plug a few coverity-spotted leaks
  builtin/gc.c: add missing newline in message
  tests: link shell libraries into valgrind directory
  t/Makefile: pass test opts to valgrind target properly
  sh-i18n--envsubst.c: do not #include getopt.h
  Fix typo: existant->existent
  Git 1.7.6-rc2
  gitweb: do not misparse nonnumeric content tag files that contain a digit
  Git 1.7.6-rc1
  fetch: do not leak a refspec
  t3703: skip more tests using colons in file names on Windows
  gitweb: Fix usability of $prevent_xss
  gitweb: Move "Requirements" up in gitweb/INSTALL
  gitweb: Describe CSSMIN and JSMIN in gitweb/INSTALL
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index c66bf8072e..ac10cfbb14 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -3,20 +3,22 @@ git-revert(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-revert - Revert an existing commit
+git-revert - Revert some existing commits
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>
+'git revert' [--edit | --no-edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] <commit>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Given one existing commit, revert the change the patch introduces, and record a
-new commit that records it.  This requires your working tree to be clean (no
-modifications from the HEAD commit).
 
-Note: 'git revert' is used to record a new commit to reverse the
-effect of an earlier commit (often a faulty one).  If you want to
+Given one or more existing commits, revert the changes that the
+related patches introduce, and record some new commits that record
+them.  This requires your working tree to be clean (no modifications
+from the HEAD commit).
+
+Note: 'git revert' is used to record some new commits to reverse the
+effect of some earlier commits (often only a faulty one).  If you want to
 throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you
 should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option.  If
 you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you
@@ -26,10 +28,13 @@ both will discard uncommitted changes in your working directory.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-<commit>::
-	Commit to revert.
+<commit>...::
+	Commits to revert.
 	For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see
-	"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+	linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
+	Sets of commits can also be given but no traversal is done by
+	default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its '--no-walk'
+	option.
 
 -e::
 --edit::
@@ -59,11 +64,11 @@ more details.
 
 -n::
 --no-commit::
-	Usually the command automatically creates a commit with
-	a commit log message stating which commit was
-	reverted.  This flag applies the change necessary
-	to revert the named commit to your working tree
-	and the index, but does not make the commit.  In addition,
+	Usually the command automatically creates some commits with
+	commit log messages stating which commits were
+	reverted.  This flag applies the changes necessary
+	to revert the named commits to your working tree
+	and the index, but does not make the commits.  In addition,
 	when this option is used, your index does not have to match
 	the HEAD commit.  The revert is done against the
 	beginning state of your index.
@@ -75,14 +80,34 @@ effect to your index in a row.
 --signoff::
 	Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
 
+--strategy=<strategy>::
+	Use the given merge strategy.  Should only be used once.
+	See the MERGE STRATEGIES section in linkgit:git-merge[1]
+	for details.
+
+-X<option>::
+--strategy-option=<option>::
+	Pass the merge strategy-specific option through to the
+	merge strategy.  See linkgit:git-merge[1] for details.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+git revert HEAD~3::
 
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
+	Revert the changes specified by the fourth last commit in HEAD
+	and create a new commit with the reverted changes.
 
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+git revert -n master{tilde}5..master{tilde}2::
+
+	Revert the changes done by commits from the fifth last commit
+	in master (included) to the third last commit in master
+	(included), but do not create any commit with the reverted
+	changes. The revert only modifies the working tree and the
+	index.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1]
 
 GIT
 ---