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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt index f68e5c5c1a..1f89d36800 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ in the current working directory. Note that: in a directory 'sub' that has a directory 'dir', you can run 'git ls-tree -r HEAD dir' to list the contents of the tree (that is 'sub/dir' in 'HEAD'). You don't want to give a tree that is not at the - root level (e.g. 'git ls-tree -r HEAD:sub dir') in this case, as that + root level (e.g. `git ls-tree -r HEAD:sub dir`) in this case, as that would result in asking for 'sub/sub/dir' in the 'HEAD' commit. However, the current working directory can be ignored by passing --full-tree option. @@ -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 |