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| author | Thalia Archibald <thalia@archibald.dev> | 2024-04-14 01:12:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2024-04-15 10:06:18 -0700 |
| commit | a923a04b80885368acacaf280eb0db16270e5a5b (patch) | |
| tree | fbe081f616838fd087babed29c1ac94241e6f6cd /Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | |
| parent | 22915955caaff8b49671426aba31cbcee19ed0ac (diff) | |
| download | git-a923a04b80885368acacaf280eb0db16270e5a5b.tar.gz | |
fast-import: document C-style escapes for paths
Simply saying “C-style” string quoting is imprecise, as only a subset of
C escapes are supported. Document the exact escapes.
Signed-off-by: Thalia Archibald <thalia@archibald.dev>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-fast-import.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index 1882758b8a..c6082c3b49 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -643,7 +643,11 @@ When a `<path>` starts with a double quote (`"`), it is a C-style quoted string, where the complete filename is enclosed in a pair of double quotes and escape sequences are used. Certain characters must be escaped by preceding them with a backslash: `LF` is written as `\n`, backslash -as `\\`, and double quote as `\"`. All filenames can be represented as +as `\\`, and double quote as `\"`. Some characters may optionally be +written with escape sequences: `\a` for bell, `\b` for backspace, `\f` +for form feed, `\n` for line feed, `\r` for carriage return, `\t` for +horizontal tab, and `\v` for vertical tab. Any byte can be written with +3-digit octal codes (e.g., `\033`). All filenames can be represented as quoted strings. A `<path>` must use UNIX-style directory separators (forward slash `/`) |