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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote.txt6
-rw-r--r--builtin/remote.c4
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 9c3e3bf83a..2507c8bd91 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url>
'git remote rename' <old> <new>
'git remote remove' <name>
-'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)
+'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>)
'git remote set-branches' [--add] <name> <branch>...
'git remote set-url' [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
'git remote set-url --add' [--push] <name> <newurl>
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ branch. For example, if the default branch for `origin` is set to
`master`, then `origin` may be specified wherever you would normally
specify `origin/master`.
+
-With `-d`, the symbolic ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted.
+With `-d` or `--delete`, the symbolic ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is deleted.
+
-With `-a`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then the
+With `-a` or `--auto`, the remote is queried to determine its `HEAD`, then the
symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set to the same branch. e.g., if the remote
`HEAD` is pointed at `next`, "`git remote set-head origin -a`" will set
the symbolic-ref `refs/remotes/origin/HEAD` to `refs/remotes/origin/next`. This will
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index eaac3e2012..4e14891095 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_remote_usage[] = {
N_("git remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url>"),
N_("git remote rename <old> <new>"),
N_("git remote remove <name>"),
- N_("git remote set-head <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)"),
+ N_("git remote set-head <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete |<branch>)"),
N_("git remote [-v | --verbose] show [-n] <name>"),
N_("git remote prune [-n | --dry-run] <name>"),
N_("git remote [-v | --verbose] update [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...]"),
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_remote_rm_usage[] = {
};
static const char * const builtin_remote_sethead_usage[] = {
- N_("git remote set-head <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)"),
+ N_("git remote set-head <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>)"),
NULL
};