diff-format.txt: Correct information about pathnames quoting in patch format

[git.git] / Documentation / diff-format.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index 174d63a1ee4238aac88c76daee6f3f1bead0d6b5..2060ae2fcb9935ed11ecb71a093ad22c661339bf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -144,8 +144,10 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, respectively.
        dissimilarity index <number>
        index <hash>..<hash> <mode>
 
-3.  TAB, LF, and backslash characters in pathnames are
-    represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively.
+3.  TAB, LF, double quote and backslash characters in pathnames
+    are represented as `\t`, `\n`, `\"` and `\\`, respectively.
+    If there is need for such substitution then the whole
+    pathname is put in double quotes.
 
 
 combined diff format