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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 47603f5484..5e5c2ae5fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -350,16 +350,19 @@ core.checkStat:: all fields, including the sub-second part of mtime and ctime. core.quotePath:: - The commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', - 'diff'), when not given the `-z` option, will quote - "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the - pathname in a double-quote pair and with backslashes the - same way strings in C source code are quoted. If this - variable is set to false, the bytes higher than 0x80 are - not quoted but output as verbatim. Note that double - quote, backslash and control characters are always - quoted without `-z` regardless of the setting of this - variable. + Commands that output paths (e.g. 'ls-files', 'diff'), will + quote "unusual" characters in the pathname by enclosing the + pathname in double-quotes and escaping those characters with + backslashes in the same way C escapes control characters (e.g. + `\t` for TAB, `\n` for LF, `\\` for backslash) or bytes with + values larger than 0x80 (e.g. octal `\302\265` for "micro" in + UTF-8). If this variable is set to false, bytes higher than + 0x80 are not considered "unusual" any more. Double-quotes, + backslash and control characters are always escaped regardless + of the setting of this variable. A simple space character is + not considered "unusual". Many commands can output pathnames + completely verbatim using the `-z` option. The default value + is true. core.eol:: Sets the line ending type to use in the working directory for |