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authorAndreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>2017-03-02 19:03:52 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-03-02 19:40:51 (GMT)
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Documentation: improve description for core.quotePath
Linking the description for pathname quoting to the configuration variable "core.quotePath" removes inconstistent and incomplete sections while also giving two hints how to deal with it: Either with "-c core.quotePath=false" or with "-z". Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ Example:
:100644 100644 5be4a4...... 000000...... M file.c
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-When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
-in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
-respectively.
+Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are
+quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath`
+(see linkgit:git-config[1]). Using `-z` the filename is output
+verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL byte.
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