From: Petr Baudis Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:25:21 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Documentation: git aliases X-Git-Tag: v1.4.0-rc2~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=git.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=99b41c84a53bf8bb09f06adeb0e3ded503afe706 Documentation: git aliases Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 03eef409..a04c5adf 100644 --- 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