X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fdiff-format.txt;h=d1d0d2d3dc8760a8030313de3dd14a942d0fc2bf;hb=1bd8c8f00b1c7facb67c99047fe777b53f2c49ff;hp=dacd8fb53488fadd7ebb6c1964e60a60072eae80;hpb=d67c4af41f7975940e8fec6405411581570eb672;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index dacd8fb5..d1d0d2d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ Example:
 :100644 100644 5be4a4...... 000000...... M file.c
 ------------------------------------------------
 
+When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
+in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
+respectively.
+
+
 Generating patches with -p
 --------------------------
 
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ For a path that is unmerged, 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is called with 1
 parameter, <path>.
 
 
-Git specific extension to diff format
+git specific extension to diff format
 -------------------------------------
 
 What -p option produces is slightly different from the
@@ -137,3 +142,7 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, respectively.
        rename to <path>
        similarity index <number>
        dissimilarity index <number>
+       index <hash>..<hash> <mode>
+
+3.  TAB, LF, and backslash characters in pathnames are
+    represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively.