From: Teemu Likonen Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:06:46 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Describe the bug in handling filenames with funny characters in 'git add -i' X-Git-Tag: v1.5.5-rc3~2 X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cfc4ba33e3cc95a30cb808eec1b54b52450c3bdf;p=git.git Describe the bug in handling filenames with funny characters in 'git add -i' The interactive mode does not work with files whose names contain characters that need C-quoting. `core.quotepath` configuration can be used to work this limitation around to some degree, but backslash, double-quote and control characters will still have problems. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt index c751a17d0..35e67a06e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-add.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt @@ -226,6 +226,12 @@ diff:: This lets you review what will be committed (i.e. between HEAD and index). +Bugs +---- +The interactive mode does not work with files whose names contain +characters that need C-quoting. `core.quotepath` configuration can be +used to work this limitation around to some degree, but backslash, +double-quote and control characters will still have problems. See Also --------