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@@ -402,11 +402,11 @@ Git so take care if using a foreign front-end.
of Git object directories which can be used to search for Git
objects. New objects will not be written to these directories.
+
- Entries that begin with `"` (double-quote) will be interpreted
- as C-style quoted paths, removing leading and trailing
- double-quotes and respecting backslash escapes. E.g., the value
- `"path-with-\"-and-:-in-it":vanilla-path` has two paths:
- `path-with-"-and-:-in-it` and `vanilla-path`.
+Entries that begin with `"` (double-quote) will be interpreted
+as C-style quoted paths, removing leading and trailing
+double-quotes and respecting backslash escapes. E.g., the value
+`"path-with-\"-and-:-in-it":vanilla-path` has two paths:
+`path-with-"-and-:-in-it` and `vanilla-path`.
`GIT_DIR`::
If the `GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it