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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-format.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-options.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-apply.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-commit.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-ls-files.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-status.txt | 7 |
9 files changed, 48 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 47603f5..5e5c2ae 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -350,16 +350,19 @@ core.checkStat:: all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime. core.quotePath:: - The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', - 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote - "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the - pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the - same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this - variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are - not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double - quote, backslash and control characters are always - quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this - variable. + Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will + quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the + pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with + backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g. + `\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with + values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in + UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than + 0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes, + backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless + of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is + not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames + completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value + is true. core.eol:: Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt index cf52626..706916c 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt @@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ Example: :100644 100644 5be4a4...... 000000...... M file.c ------------------------------------------------ -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. diff format for merges ---------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt index d2a7ff5..231105c 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt @@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ The index line includes the SHA-1 checksum before and after the change. The <mode> is included if the file mode does not change; otherwise, separate lines indicate the old and the new mode. -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. +3. Pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as explained for + the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see + linkgit:git-config[1]). 4. All the `file1` files in the output refer to files before the commit, and all the `file2` files refer to files after the commit. diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index d91ddbd..89cc0f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -192,10 +192,9 @@ ifndef::git-log[] given, do not munge pathnames and use NULs as output field terminators. endif::git-log[] + -Without this option, each pathname output will have TAB, LF, double quotes, -and backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, `\"`, and `\\`, -respectively, and the pathname will be enclosed in double quotes if -any of those replacements occurred. +Without this option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as +explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see +linkgit:git-config[1]). --name-only:: Show only names of changed files. diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt index 8ddb207..631cbd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt @@ -108,10 +108,9 @@ the information is read from the current index instead. When `--numstat` has been given, do not munge pathnames, but use a NUL-terminated machine-readable format. + -Without this option, each pathname output will have TAB, LF, double quotes, -and backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, `\"`, and `\\`, -respectively, and the pathname will be enclosed in double quotes if -any of those replacements occurred. +Without this option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as +explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see +linkgit:git-config[1]). -p<n>:: Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt index 4f8f20a..25dcdcc 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt @@ -117,9 +117,12 @@ OPTIONS -z:: --null:: - When showing `short` or `porcelain` status output, terminate - entries in the status output with NUL, instead of LF. If no - format is given, implies the `--porcelain` output format. + When showing `short` or `porcelain` status output, print the + filename verbatim and terminate the entries with NUL, instead of LF. + If no format is given, implies the `--porcelain` output format. + Without the `-z` option, filenames with "unusual" characters are + quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` + (see linkgit:git-config[1]). -F <file>:: --file=<file>:: diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 446209e..1cab703 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ OPTIONS succeed. -z:: - \0 line termination on output. + \0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames. + See OUTPUT below for more information. -x <pattern>:: --exclude=<pattern>:: @@ -196,9 +197,10 @@ the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state) -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. Exclude Patterns diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt index dbc91f9..9dee7be 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ OPTIONS Show object size of blob (file) entries. -z:: - \0 line termination on output. + \0 line termination on output and do not quote filenames. + See OUTPUT FORMAT below for more information. --name-only:: --name-status:: @@ -82,8 +83,6 @@ Output Format ------------- <mode> SP <type> SP <object> TAB <file> -Unless the `-z` option is used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters -in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively. This output format is compatible with what `--index-info --stdin` of 'git update-index' expects. @@ -95,6 +94,11 @@ Object size identified by <object> is given in bytes, and right-justified with minimum width of 7 characters. Object size is given only for blobs (file) entries; for other entries `-` character is used in place of size. +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. + GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 725065e..ba87365 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -322,10 +322,9 @@ When the `-z` option is given, pathnames are printed as is and without any quoting and lines are terminated with a NUL (ASCII 0x00) byte. -Otherwise, all pathnames will be "C-quoted" if they contain any tab, -linefeed, double quote, or backslash characters. In C-quoting, these -characters will be replaced with the corresponding C-style escape -sequences and the resulting pathname will be double quoted. +Without the `-z` option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are +quoted as explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` +(see linkgit:git-config[1]). CONFIGURATION |