diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/diff-options.txt')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index d91ddbd5fe..43d18a4c5c 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -192,10 +192,9 @@ ifndef::git-log[] given, do not munge pathnames and use NULs as output field terminators. endif::git-log[] + -Without this option, each pathname output will have TAB, LF, double quotes, -and backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, `\"`, and `\\`, -respectively, and the pathname will be enclosed in double quotes if -any of those replacements occurred. +Without this option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are quoted as +explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see +linkgit:git-config[1]). --name-only:: Show only names of changed files. @@ -393,7 +392,7 @@ endif::git-log[] the diff between the preimage and `/dev/null`. The resulting patch is not meant to be applied with `patch` or `git apply`; this is solely for people who want to just concentrate on reviewing the - text after the change. In addition, the output obviously lack + text after the change. In addition, the output obviously lacks enough information to apply such a patch in reverse, even manually, hence the name of the option. + |