Correct backtick quoting for some of the modification states to give consistent web rendering.
While at it, use 00 for ASCII NUL to avoid any confusion with the letter O. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoak...@iee.org> --- Noticed when reviewing a stackoverflow problem where the OP actually desired to just list those files with merge indicators present. --- Documentation/git-status.txt | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index def635f..1c01d3ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the " `-> PATH2`" part is shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the -index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter +index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The `XY` is a two-letter status code. The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with interior special characters backslash-escaped. -For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and 'Y' show the modification +For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and `Y` show the modification states of each side of the merge. For paths that do not have merge conflicts, `X` shows the status of the index, and `Y` shows the status of the work tree. For untracked paths, `XY` are `??`. Other status @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In that format, the status field is the same, but some other things change. First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL -(ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator +(ASCII 00) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or -- 1.9.4.msysgit.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
