Merge branch 'nd/maint-branch-desc-doc'

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 53c4ca1d7a0f7441a3ff84d50574efabce5a79f5..d5809e0e8c4dca414a863cfd019a6f8860c46c4d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -739,6 +739,12 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
 it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
 for details).
 
+branch.<name>.description::
+       Branch description, can be edited with
+       `git branch --edit-description`. Branch description is
+       automatically added in the format-patch cover letter or
+       request-pull summary.
+
 browser.<tool>.cmd::
        Specify the command to invoke the specified browser. The
        specified command is evaluated in shell with the URLs passed