Documentation: git aliases
Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 03eef40..a04c5ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@
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
