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@@ -293,11 +293,14 @@ explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see
linkgit:git-config[1]).
--name-only::
- Show only names of changed files.
+ Show only names of changed files. The file names are often encoded in UTF-8.
+ For more information see the discussion about encoding in the linkgit:git-log[1]
+ manual page.
--name-status::
Show only names and status of changed files. See the description
of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean.
+ Just like `--name-only` the file names are often encoded in UTF-8.
--submodule[=<format>]::
Specify how differences in submodules are shown. When specifying