* Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely (Ties): document \repeatTie.

* Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely (Top): document \repeatTie.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2006-02-22  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
 
+       * Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely (Ties): document \repeatTie.
+
+       * Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely (Top): document \repeatTie.
+
        * scm/define-music-types.scm (music-descriptions): add RepeatTieEvent
 
        * lily/repeat-tie-engraver.cc (acknowledge_note_head): new file. cut & paste

diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
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--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@item Ties may now be attached to the left side of a note with
+@code{\repeatTie}, for use with volta repeats.
+
+@lilypond[relative=2,fragment,ragged-right]
+r4 <c e g>\repeatTie
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Steve Doonan.
+
 @item Newly created contexts may also be named with the following
 syntax,
 

diff --git a/Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely b/Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely
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--- a/Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/basic-notation.itely
@@ -1541,6 +1541,16 @@ automatic note splitting (see @ref{Automatic note splitting}).  This
 mechanism automatically splits long notes, and ties them across bar
 lines.
 
+When a second alternative of a repeat starts with a tied note, you
+have to repeat the tie. This can be achieved with @code{\repeatTie},
+eg.
+
+@lilypond[fragment,quote,ragged-right,relative=2]
+r <c e g>\repeatTie
+@end lilypond
+
+@cindex repeating ties
+@cindex volta brackets and ties
 
 @commonprop