Autogenerated HTML docs for v2.38.1-143-g1fc3c

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diff --git a/RelNotes/2.39.0.txt b/RelNotes/2.39.0.txt
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@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ UI, Workflows & Features
  * By default, use of fsmonitor on a repository on networked
    filesystem is disabled. Add knobs to make it workable on macOS.
 
+ * After checking out a "branch" that is a symbolic-ref that points at
+   another branch, "git symbolic-ref HEAD" reports the underlying
+   branch, not the symbolic-ref the user gave checkout as argument.
+   The command learned the "--no-recurse" option to stop after
+   dereferencing a symbolic-ref only once.
+
+ * "git branch --edit-description @{-1}" is now a way to edit branch
+   description of the branch you were on before switching to the
+   current branch.
+
 
 Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
 --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -37,6 +47,9 @@ Performance, Internal Implementation, Development Support etc.
    in C99.
    (merge 438c2f859b ab/coding-guidelines-c99 later to maint).
 
+ * Avoid false-positive from LSan whose assumption may be broken with
+   higher optimization levels.
+
 
 Fixes since v2.38
 -----------------
@@ -116,6 +129,12 @@ Fixes since v2.38
    syntax for struct.
    (merge 54795d37d9 jh/struct-zero-init-with-older-clang later to maint).
 
+ * Giving "--invert-grep" and "--all-match" without "--grep" to the
+   "git log" command resulted in an attempt to access grep pattern
+   expression structure that has not been allocated, which has been
+   corrected.
+   (merge db84376f98 ab/grep-simplify-extended-expression later to maint).
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge c34a6bd291 so/diff-merges-cleanup later to maint).
    (merge 5e7c8b75e7 ab/test-malloc-with-sanitize-leak later to maint).
@@ -130,4 +149,5 @@ Fixes since v2.38
    (merge 7c07f36ad2 ab/unused-annotation later to maint).
    (merge f7669676d0 rs/use-fspathncmp later to maint).
    (merge a677d3c416 pw/remove-rebase-p-test later to maint).
-   (merge e3733b646d rs/archive-dedup-printf later to maint).
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+   (merge e3733b646d rs/archive-dedup-printf later to maint).
+   (merge 413bc6d20a ds/cmd-main-reorder later to maint).
diff --git a/git-symbolic-ref.html b/git-symbolic-ref.html
index 9e80f4f89..052bc45f4 100644
--- a/git-symbolic-ref.html
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@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ git-symbolic-ref(1) Manual Page
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 <pre class="content"><em>git symbolic-ref</em> [-m &lt;reason&gt;] &lt;name&gt; &lt;ref&gt;

-<em>git symbolic-ref</em> [-q] [--short] &lt;name&gt;

+<em>git symbolic-ref</em> [-q] [--short] [--no-recurse] &lt;name&gt;

 <em>git symbolic-ref</em> --delete [-q] &lt;name&gt;</pre>

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@@ -810,6 +810,22 @@ a regular file whose contents is <code>ref: refs/heads/master</code>.</p></div>
 </p>

 </dd>

 <dt class="hdlist1">

+--recurse

+</dt>

+<dt class="hdlist1">

+--no-recurse

+</dt>

+<dd>

+<p>

+        When showing the value of &lt;name&gt; as a symbolic ref, if

+        &lt;name&gt; refers to another symbolic ref, follow such a chain

+        of symbolic refs until the result no longer points at a

+        symbolic ref (<code>--recurse</code>, which is the default).

+        <code>--no-recurse</code> stops after dereferencing only a single level

+        of symbolic ref.

+</p>

+</dd>

+<dt class="hdlist1">

 -m

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@@ -847,7 +863,7 @@ name is not a symbolic ref, or 128 if another error occurs.</p></div>
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diff --git a/git-symbolic-ref.txt b/git-symbolic-ref.txt
index ef68ad2b7..102c83eb1 100644
--- a/git-symbolic-ref.txt
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git symbolic-ref' [-m <reason>] <name> <ref>
-'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [--short] <name>
+'git symbolic-ref' [-q] [--short] [--no-recurse] <name>
 'git symbolic-ref' --delete [-q] <name>
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ OPTIONS
 	When showing the value of <name> as a symbolic ref, try to shorten the
 	value, e.g. from `refs/heads/master` to `master`.
 
+--recurse::
+--no-recurse::
+	When showing the value of <name> as a symbolic ref, if
+	<name> refers to another symbolic ref, follow such a chain
+	of symbolic refs until the result no longer points at a
+	symbolic ref (`--recurse`, which is the default).
+	`--no-recurse` stops after dereferencing only a single level
+	of symbolic ref.
+
 -m::
 	Update the reflog for <name> with <reason>.  This is valid only
 	when creating or updating a symbolic ref.
diff --git a/howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases.html b/howto/coordinate-embargoed-releases.html
index a562dcb31..81164400f 100644
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diff --git a/howto/keep-canonical-history-correct.html b/howto/keep-canonical-history-correct.html
index cff0fdba2..ecdb5530a 100644
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diff --git a/howto/maintain-git.html b/howto/maintain-git.html
index 5e75d327f..3faaa34a7 100644
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diff --git a/howto/new-command.html b/howto/new-command.html
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diff --git a/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.html b/howto/rebase-from-internal-branch.html
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diff --git a/howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.html b/howto/rebuild-from-update-hook.html
index 179edc686..45d567d06 100644
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diff --git a/howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object.html b/howto/recover-corrupted-blob-object.html
index 23acc3447..54707545f 100644
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diff --git a/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html b/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html
index 7a34b7fcd..10699bb60 100644
--- a/howto/recover-corrupted-object-harder.html
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diff --git a/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html b/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html
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diff --git a/howto/revert-branch-rebase.html b/howto/revert-branch-rebase.html
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diff --git a/howto/separating-topic-branches.html b/howto/separating-topic-branches.html
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diff --git a/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.html b/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.html
index b60e0f813..8b6b480d5 100644
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diff --git a/howto/update-hook-example.html b/howto/update-hook-example.html
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diff --git a/howto/use-git-daemon.html b/howto/use-git-daemon.html
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diff --git a/howto/using-merge-subtree.html b/howto/using-merge-subtree.html
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diff --git a/howto/using-signed-tag-in-pull-request.html b/howto/using-signed-tag-in-pull-request.html
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