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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. |