ls-tree manpage: output of ls-tree is compatible with update-index
authorAlex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Sun, 10 May 2009 16:14:49 +0000 (18:14 +0200)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Sun, 10 May 2009 16:32:30 +0000 (09:32 -0700)
Such format relationships are very useful things to remember for
script writers.

Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index 69c7dee1b9aa73be122c4e1d764ef65a21f3d37e..3f87d7266b53928dff45b0a8f8ef8a5a805a840a 100644 (file)
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ Output Format
 
 Unless the `-z` option is used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
 in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`, respectively.
+This output format is compatible with what '--index-info --stdin' of
+'git update-index' expects.
 
 When the `-l` option is used, format changes to