Document the new 'redirect-carefully' option.

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 Changes with Apache 2.0.29-dev
 
+  *) Add 'redirect-carefully' environment option to disable sending
+     redirects under special circumstances.  This is helpful for 
+     Microsoft's WebFolders when accessing a directory resource via
+     DAV methods.  [Justin Erenkrantz]
+
   *) Begin to abstract out the underlying transport layer.
      The first step is to remove the socket from the conn_rec,
      the server now lives in a context that is passed to the

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     <p>This disables <a
     href="mod/core.html#keepalive">KeepAlive</a> when set.</p>
-    <hr />
 
+    <h2>redirect-carefully</h2>
+
+    <p>This forces the server to be more careful when sending a redirect
+    to the client.  This is typically used when a client has a known
+    problem handling redirects.  This was originally implemented as a
+    result of a problem with Microsoft's WebFolders software which has
+    a problem handling redirects on directory resources via DAV 
+    methods.</p>
+
+    <hr />
     <h2><a id="examples" name="examples">Examples</a></h2>
 
     <h3>Changing protocol behavior with misbehaving clients</h3>

diff --git a/docs/manual/env.html.en b/docs/manual/env.html.en
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     <p>This disables <a
     href="mod/core.html#keepalive">KeepAlive</a> when set.</p>
-    <hr />
 
+    <h2>redirect-carefully</h2>
+
+    <p>This forces the server to be more careful when sending a redirect
+    to the client.  This is typically used when a client has a known
+    problem handling redirects.  This was originally implemented as a
+    result of a problem with Microsoft's WebFolders software which has
+    a problem handling redirects on directory resources via DAV 
+    methods.</p>
+
+    <hr />
     <h2><a id="examples" name="examples">Examples</a></h2>
 
     <h3>Changing protocol behavior with misbehaving clients</h3>