Documentation: git aliases

[git.git] / Documentation / config.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 03eef40..a04c5ad 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ alias.*::
        Command aliases for the gitlink:git[1] command wrapper - e.g.
        after defining "alias.last = cat-file commit HEAD", the invocation
        "git last" is equivalent to "git cat-file commit HEAD". To avoid
-       confusion, aliases that hide existing git commands are ignored.
-       Arguments are split at whitespaces, but single or double
-       quote pair can be used to quote them.
+       confusion and troubles with script usage, aliases that
+       hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
+       spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
+       quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
 
 apply.whitespace::
        Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way