Documentation: do not use undefined terms git-dir and git-file

We will add gitfile to the glossary in a separate commit.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index c7434697ef458fa735c1b779e912ac1b66937dea..10a116faf8f681c9984c9b52949e84c227fdc26e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -187,9 +187,11 @@ print a message to stderr and exit with nonzero status.
        Flags and parameters to be parsed.
 
 --resolve-git-dir <path>::
-       Check if <path> is a valid git-dir or a git-file pointing to a valid
-       git-dir. If <path> is a valid git-dir the resolved path to git-dir will
-       be printed.
+       Check if <path> is a valid repository or a gitfile that
+       points at a valid repository, and print the location of the
+       repository.  If <path> is a gitfile then the resolved path
+       to the real repository is printed.
+
 
 include::revisions.txt[]