alternates: accept double-quoted paths

diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index b8bec711f47918ad3dc7e05d318525819f3a51ab..5f7826bf39557b5a8780e8b93e2e50c664d84c86 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -859,6 +859,12 @@ Git so take care if using a foreign front-end.
        specifies a ":" separated (on Windows ";" separated) list
        of Git object directories which can be used to search for Git
        objects. New objects will not be written to these directories.
++
+       Entries that begin with `"` (double-quote) will be interpreted
+       as C-style quoted paths, removing leading and trailing
+       double-quotes and respecting backslash escapes. E.g., the value
+       `"path-with-\"-and-:-in-it":vanilla-path` has two paths:
+       `path-with-"-and-:-in-it` and `vanilla-path`.
 
 `GIT_DIR`::
        If the `GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it