From 99b41c84a53bf8bb09f06adeb0e3ded503afe706 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Baudis Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 17:25:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: git aliases Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/config.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) 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 -- 2.11.0