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Documentation/fast-import: put explanation of M 040000 <dataref> "" in context

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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@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jonathan Nieder 2011-01-15 20:22:35 -06:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
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@ -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 +542,8 @@ 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).
The root of the tree can be represented by an empty string as `<path>`.
It is recommended that `<path>` always be encoded using UTF-8.
`filedelete`