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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt index ed4ebcbab..e4520e28e 100644 --- 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 |