Omit needless words ("Additionally ... <path> may also" is redundant). While at it, place the explanation of this special case after the general rules for paths to provide the reader with some context. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- A small language tweak. Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index f56dfca..e2a46a5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -534,9 +534,6 @@ start with double quote (`"`). If an `LF` or double quote must be encoded into `<path>` shell-style quoting should be used, e.g. `"path/with\n and \" in it"`. -Additionally, in `040000` mode, `<path>` may also be an empty string -(`""`) to specify the root of the tree. - The value of `<path>` must be in canonical form. That is it must not: * contain an empty directory component (e.g. `foo//bar` is invalid), @@ -545,6 +542,9 @@ The value of `<path>` must be in canonical form. That is it must not: * contain the special component `.` or `..` (e.g. `foo/./bar` and `foo/../bar` are invalid). +In `040000` mode, `<path>` can be the empty string (`""`) +to specify the root of the tree. + It is recommended that `<path>` always be encoded using UTF-8. `filedelete` -- 1.7.4.rc2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html