Merge fixes up to GIT 1.1.6

diff --cc Documentation/git-push.txt
index 365cfd4105870892306b6376de768b2f0d4b97a3,29fa30752eaa3593b514af61045c87ea0fc58edf..a0ef61dafae3e105751e40765c0cfaf79d90bc8f
--- 1/Documentation/git-push.txt
--- 2/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@@ -29,16 -29,11 +29,16 @@@ include::pull-fetch-param.txt[
        Instead of naming each ref to push, specifies all refs
        to be pushed.
  
 +\--tags::
 +      All refs under `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags` are pushed, in
 +      addition to refspecs explicitly listed on the command
 +      line.
 +
  -f, \--force::
-       Usually, the command refuses to update a local ref that is
-       not an ancestor of the remote ref used to overwrite it.
-       This flag disables the check.  What this means is that the
-       local repository can lose commits; use it with care.
+       Usually, the command refuses to update a remote ref that is
+       not a descendent of the local ref used to overwrite it.
+       This flag disables the check.  This can cause the
+       remote repository to lose commits; use it with care.
  
  
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