From: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:43:03 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: git-remote: document the migration feature of the rename subcommand
X-Git-Tag: v1.6.1-rc1~58^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=74443f185ed91f3388b0e45838262eb3ec8338aa;p=git.git

git-remote: document the migration feature of the rename subcommand

Signed-off-by: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 7b227b307..fad983e29 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ was passed.
 
 Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
 configuration settings for the remote are updated.
++
+In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
+`$GIT_DIR/remotes` or `$GIT_DIR/branches`, the remote is converted to
+the configuration file format.
 
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