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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-check-attr.txt9
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
index 5abdbaa51c..760aca9fa9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ OPTIONS
Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.
-z::
- Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with a
- NUL character instead of a linefeed character.
+ The output format is modified to be machine-parseable.
+ If `--stdin` is also given, input paths are separated
+ with a NUL character instead of a linefeed character.
\--::
Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ OUTPUT
The output is of the form:
<path> COLON SP <attribute> COLON SP <info> LF
+unless `-z` is in effect, in which case NUL is used as delimiter:
+<path> NUL <attribute> NUL <info> NUL
+
+
<path> is the path of a file being queried, <attribute> is an attribute
being queried and <info> can be either: