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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-12-22 21:23:11 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-12-23 01:08:19 -0400
commit7227dd8f21f24c2ccadd38e1a3dec7b888a23e92 (patch)
tree23327aedadd128f65cfb09c63abf5de616335fda /doc/git-annex.mdwn
parent13a0c292b3bc72917cb8ce89e96f805602e81904 (diff)
add escape_var hack
Makes it easy to find files with duplicate contents, anyway.. :)
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@@ -437,8 +437,10 @@ subdirectories).
Specifies a custom output format. The value is a format string,
in which '${var}' is expanded to the value of a variable. To right-justify
a variable with whitespace, use '${var;width}' ; to left-justify
- a variable, use '${var;-width}'. Also, '\\n' is a newline, '\\000' is a NULL,
- etc.
+ a variable, use '${var;-width}'; to escape unusual characters in a variable,
+ use '${escaped_var}'
+
+ Also, '\\n' is a newline, '\\000' is a NULL, etc.
* -c name=value