user-manual: clarify difference between tag and branch

Explain the difference (well, one of the differences) between a tag
and a branch.

Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 3f231811523f41cd67d11f7de884e5d572e10f9e..267bbd736746dd338c0e429597a7ccbe2edb8dd7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ v2.6.13
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+Tags are expected to always point at the same version of a project,
+while branches are expected to advance as development progresses.
+
 Create a new branch pointing to one of these versions and check it
 out using gitlink:git-checkout[1]: