diff-format.txt: Correct information about pathnames quoting in patch format
authorJakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:21:02 +0000 (22:21 +0200)
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:34:18 +0000 (18:34 -0700)
Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Documentation/diff-format.txt

index 174d63a1ee4238aac88c76daee6f3f1bead0d6b5..2060ae2fcb9935ed11ecb71a093ad22c661339bf 100644 (file)
@@ -144,8 +144,10 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, respectively.
        dissimilarity index <number>
        index <hash>..<hash> <mode>
 
-3.  TAB, LF, and backslash characters in pathnames are
-    represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively.
+3.  TAB, LF, double quote and backslash characters in pathnames
+    are represented as `\t`, `\n`, `\"` and `\\`, respectively.
+    If there is need for such substitution then the whole
+    pathname is put in double quotes.
 
 
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