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doc: show usage of branch description

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The branch description will be included in 'git format-patch
--cover-letter' and in 'git pull-request' emails. It can also
be used in the automatic merge message. Tell the reader.

While here, clarify that the description may be a multi-line
explanation of the purpose of the branch's patch series.

Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Philip Oakley
2015-09-14 15:10:53 +01:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
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Generate a request asking your upstream project to pull changes into
their tree. The request, printed to the standard output, summarizes
their tree. The request, printed to the standard output,
begins with the branch description, summarizes
the changes and indicates from where they can be pulled.
The upstream project is expected to have the commit named by