Newer web rendering of 'git status --help --web' shows the zero in "NUL (ASCII 0)" as if it is a small 'o' character. Back-tick quote the zero to ensure it is displayed as a full size mono-spaced font. Also display the "double quote (ASCII 34)" in the same manner.
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoak...@iee.org> --- Documentation/git-status.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 4d8d530..24390d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ status code. The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string -literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with +literal: surrounded by double quote (ASCII `34`) characters, and with interior special characters backslash-escaped. For paths with merge conflicts, `X` and `Y` show the modification @@ -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 `0`) 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
