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archive --add-virtual-file: allow paths containing colons

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By allowing the path to be enclosed in double-quotes, we can avoid
the limitation that paths cannot contain colons.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Johannes Schindelin
2022-05-28 16:11:13 -07:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
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commit de1f68a968
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@ -69,10 +69,16 @@ OPTIONS
by concatenating the value of the last `--prefix` option (if any)
before this `--add-virtual-file` and `<path>`.
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The `<path>` cannot contain any colon, the file mode is limited to
a regular file, and the option may be subject to platform-dependent
command-line limits. For non-trivial cases, write an untracked file
and use `--add-file` instead.
The `<path>` argument can start and end with a literal double-quote
character; the contained file name is interpreted as a C-style string,
i.e. the backslash is interpreted as escape character. The path must
be quoted if it contains a colon, to avoid the colon from being
misinterpreted as the separator between the path and the contents, or
if the path begins or ends with a double-quote character.
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The file mode is limited to a regular file, and the option may be
subject to platform-dependent command-line limits. For non-trivial
cases, write an untracked file and use `--add-file` instead.
--worktree-attributes::
Look for attributes in .gitattributes files in the working tree