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diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index edacf6b937..38cb741f18 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as XY PATH1 -> PATH2 -where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` -> PATH2` part is +where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` \-> PATH2` part is shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter status code. -The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a +The fields (including the `\->`) are separated from each other by a single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with @@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ format, with a few exceptions: There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In that format, the status field is the same, but some other things -change. First, the '->' is omitted from rename entries and the field -order is reversed (e.g 'from -> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL +change. First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field +order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special |