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authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>2011-01-15 20:22:35 -0600
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-01-18 16:51:13 -0800
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Documentation/fast-import: put explanation of M 040000 <dataref> "" in context
Omit needless words ("Additionally ... <path> may also" is redundant). While at it, place the explanation of this special case after the general rules for paths to provide the reader with some context. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
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@@ -534,9 +534,6 @@ start with double quote (`"`).
If an `LF` or double quote must be encoded into `<path>` shell-style
quoting should be used, e.g. `"path/with\n and \" in it"`.
-Additionally, in `040000` mode, `<path>` may also be an empty string
-(`""`) to specify the root of the tree.
-
The value of `<path>` must be in canonical form. That is it must not:
* contain an empty directory component (e.g. `foo//bar` is invalid),
@@ -545,6 +542,8 @@ The value of `<path>` must be in canonical form. That is it must not:
* contain the special component `.` or `..` (e.g. `foo/./bar` and
`foo/../bar` are invalid).
+The root of the tree can be represented by an empty string as `<path>`.
+
It is recommended that `<path>` always be encoded using UTF-8.
`filedelete`