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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt | 4 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt index f68e5c5c1a..c3fdccb4c2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt @@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ Output Format ------------- <mode> SP <type> SP <object> TAB <file> -When the `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters +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. When the `-l` option is used, format changes to |