Improve section "Manipulating branches"

Add some missing punctuation.
Simplify description of "git branch -d/-D".

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

diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 22bab77199a5a02ea690ee7d34a5cc6d32b48b5e..f481813be7525d9277e5219be7db11498cc7f255 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -268,27 +268,23 @@ Creating, deleting, and modifying branches is quick and easy; here's
 a summary of the commands:
 
 `git branch`::
-       list all branches
+       list all branches.
 `git branch <branch>`::
        create a new branch named `<branch>`, referencing the same
-       point in history as the current branch
+       point in history as the current branch.
 `git branch <branch> <start-point>`::
        create a new branch named `<branch>`, referencing
        `<start-point>`, which may be specified any way you like,
-       including using a branch name or a tag name
+       including using a branch name or a tag name.
 `git branch -d <branch>`::
-       delete the branch `<branch>`; if the branch you are deleting
-       points to a commit which is not reachable from the current
-       branch, this command will fail with a warning.
+       delete the branch `<branch>`; if the branch is not fully
+       merged in its upstream branch or contained in the current branch,
+       this command will fail with a warning.
 `git branch -D <branch>`::
-       even if the branch points to a commit not reachable
-       from the current branch, you may know that that commit
-       is still reachable from some other branch or tag.  In that
-       case it is safe to use this command to force Git to delete
-       the branch.
+       delete the branch `<branch>` irrespective of its merged status.
 `git checkout <branch>`::
        make the current branch `<branch>`, updating the working
-       directory to reflect the version referenced by `<branch>`
+       directory to reflect the version referenced by `<branch>`.
 `git checkout -b <new> <start-point>`::
        create a new branch `<new>` referencing `<start-point>`, and
        check it out.