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@@ -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.