Defined delimiters for 'git worktree list --porcelain' make the format
easier to parse in scripts. For example

        sed -n '/^worktree ID$/,/^$/p'

extracts only the information for the worktree 'ID'.

The format did not changed since [1], only the guaranty is added.

[1] bb9c03b82a (worktree: add 'list' command, 2015-10-08)

Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <ashei...@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index e2ee9fc21b..73520434f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ Porcelain Format
 The porcelain format has a line per attribute.  Attributes are listed with a
 label and value separated by a single space.  Boolean attributes (like 'bare'
 and 'detached') are listed as a label only, and are only present if and only
-if the value is true.  An empty line indicates the end of a worktree.  For
-example:
+if the value is true.  The first attribute of a worktree is always `worktree`,
+an empty line indicates the end of the record.  For example:
 
 ------------
 $ git worktree list --porcelain
-- 
2.19.1

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