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authorLibravatar Jeff King <peff@peff.net>2011-05-26 22:32:41 -0400
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-05-26 22:15:38 -0700
commit715e716a1b5bc1bc71715286e7a10b7e0c3188e8 (patch)
treeaedfe9a077ca1bac78c0da00dab813cd131a0c1d /Documentation
parentdocs: update status --porcelain format (diff)
downloadtgif-715e716a1b5bc1bc71715286e7a10b7e0c3188e8.tar.xz
docs: make sure literal "->" isn't converted to arrow
Recent versions of asciidoc will treat "->" as a single-glyph arrow symbol, unless it is inside a literal code block. This is a problem if we are discussing literal output and want to show the ASCII characters. Our usage falls into three categories: 1. Inside a code block. These can be left as-is. 2. Discussing literal output or code, but inside a paragraph. This patch escapes these as "\->". 3. Using the arrow as a symbolic element, such as "use the Edit->Account Settings menu". In this case, the arrow symbol is preferable, so we leave it as-is. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt8
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
index 88d814af0e..827bc988ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.txt
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Configuring database backend
'git-cvsserver' uses the Perl DBI module. Please also read
its documentation if changing these variables, especially
-about `DBI->connect()`.
+about `DBI\->connect()`.
gitcvs.dbname::
Database name. The exact meaning depends on the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index edacf6b937..38cb741f18 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
XY PATH1 -> PATH2
-where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` -> PATH2` part is
+where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` \-> PATH2` part is
shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter
status code.
-The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
+The fields (including the `\->`) are separated from each other by a
single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ format, with a few exceptions:
There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In
that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
-change. First, the '->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
-order is reversed (e.g 'from -> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
+change. First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
+order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
(ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special