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diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt index 3d51717bbe..a29aae60cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-status.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt @@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as XY PATH1 -> PATH2 -where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` \-> PATH2` part is +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 status code. -The fields (including the `\->`) are separated from each other by a +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 |