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-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-format.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-apply.txt16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-files.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt4
4 files changed, 33 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index bfe634dcd3..d1d0d2d3dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ Example:
:100644 100644 5be4a4...... 000000...... M file.c
------------------------------------------------
+When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
+in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
+respectively.
+
+
Generating patches with -p
--------------------------
@@ -137,3 +142,7 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, respectively.
rename to <path>
similarity index <number>
dissimilarity index <number>
+ index <hash>..<hash> <mode>
+
+3. TAB, LF, and backslash characters in pathnames are
+ represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 61d9dacc6f..e928088e44 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-apply - Apply patch on a git index file and a work tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-apply' [--stat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--show-files] [--apply] [<patch>...]
+'git-apply' [--stat] [--summary] [--check] [--index] [--apply] [--show-files] [--index-info] [-z] [<patch>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ OPTIONS
--show-files::
Show summary of files that are affected by the patch.
+--index-info::
+ Newer git-diff output has embedded 'index information'
+ for each blob to help identify the original version that
+ the patch applies to. When this flag is given, and if
+ the original version of the blob is available locally,
+ outputs information about them to the standard output.
+
+-z::
+ When showing the index information, do not munge paths,
+ but use NUL terminated machine readable format. Without
+ this flag, the pathnames output will have TAB, LF, and
+ backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
+ respectively.
+
--apply::
If you use any of the options marked ``Turns off
"apply"'' above, git-apply reads and outputs the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index f4501d62cd..8c1784d2e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ OPTIONS
succeed.
-z::
- \0 line termination on output
+ \0 line termination on output.
-x|--exclude=<pattern>::
Skips files matching pattern.
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ the dircache records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
path. (see git-read-tree for more information on state)
+When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
+in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
+respectively.
+
Exclude Patterns
----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index cdc5654a99..ba0438e9ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Output Format
-------------
<mode> SP <type> SP <object> TAB <file>
+When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
+in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
+respectively.
+
Author
------