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

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PATCH 1/1 diff-format.txt: Expand information about pathnames quoting in patch format

Signed-off-by Jakub Narebski <[email protected]>
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 Documentation/diff-format.txt |    3 +++
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Documentation/diff-format.txt +3 -0
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@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, resp
 
 3.  TAB, LF, and backslash characters in pathnames are
     represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively.
+    If there is need to quote pathname then the whole
+    pathname is put in double quotes, and quote characters
+    in pathname are represented as `\"`.
 
 
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PATCH 1/1 diff-format.txt: Correct information about pathnames quoting in patch format

Signed-off-by Jakub Narebski <[email protected]>

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Discard previous version, please. This one should be correct.

 Documentation/diff-format.txt |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Documentation/diff-format.txt +4 -2
index ed4ebcb..e4520e2 100644
@@ -144,8 +144,10 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, resp
        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.
 
 
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