make it clearer that github releases are not those tags

closes #123.
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Only commits containing this file path will be returned.
use_latest_release
Set this to ``true`` to check for the latest release on GitHub. An annotated
tag creates a "release" on GitHub. It's not the same with git tags, which
includes both annotated tags and lightweight ones. Will return the release name
instead of date.
Set this to ``true`` to check for the latest release on GitHub.
GitHub releases are not the same with git tags. You'll see big version names
and descriptions in the release page for such releases, e.g.
`zfsonlinux/zfs's <https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/releases>`_, and those
small ones like `nvchecker's <https://github.com/lilydjwg/nvchecker/releases>`_
are only git tags that should use ``use_max_tag`` below.
Will return the release name instead of date.
use_max_tag
Set this to ``true`` to check for the max tag on GitHub. Unlike