ed by
the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
path. (see <a href="git-read-tree.html">git-read-tree(1)</a> for more information on state)</p>
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<p>Without the <code>-z</code> option, pathnames with "unusual" characters are
quoted as explained for the configuration variable <code>core.quotePath</code>
(see <a href="git-config.html">git-config(1)</a>).  Using <code>-z</code> the filename is output
verbatim and the line is terminated by a NUL by