Merge branch 'en/doc-renormalize'

Doc updates.

* en/doc-renormalize:
  doc: clarify the intent of the renormalize option in the merge machinery

Author: gitster

Documentation/config/merge.adoc

@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ merge.renormalize::
 	Tell Git that canonical representation of files in the
 	repository has changed over time (e.g. earlier commits record
 	text files with CRLF line endings, but recent ones use LF line
-	endings).  In such a repository, Git can convert the data
+	endings).  In such a repository, for each file where a
+	three-way content merge is needed, Git can convert the data
 	recorded in commits to a canonical form before performing a
 	merge to reduce unnecessary conflicts.  For more information,
 	see section "Merging branches with differing checkin/checkout

Documentation/gitattributes.adoc

@@ -701,8 +701,8 @@ where the attribute is not in place would normally cause merge
 conflicts.
 
 To prevent these unnecessary merge conflicts, Git can be told to run a
-virtual check-out and check-in of all three stages of a file when
-resolving a three-way merge by setting the `merge.renormalize`
+virtual check-out and check-in of all three stages of each file that
+needs a three-way content merge, by setting the `merge.renormalize`
 configuration variable.  This prevents changes caused by check-in
 conversion from causing spurious merge conflicts when a converted file
 is merged with an unconverted file.

Documentation/merge-strategies.adoc

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ignore-cr-at-eol;;
 
 renormalize;;
 	This runs a virtual check-out and check-in of all three stages
-	of a file when resolving a three-way merge.  This option is
+	of any file which needs a three-way merge.  This option is
 	meant to be used when merging branches with different clean
 	filters or end-of-line normalization rules.  See "Merging
 	branches with differing checkin/checkout attributes" in