archive: specfile syntax change: "$Format:%PLCHLDR$" instead of just "%PLCHLDR" (take 2)

diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 47a621b7333bd171225ca78482c6da52c577777b..37b3be8b72a0a4c681392c85fd4d23b2f19c1945 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -432,7 +432,10 @@ several placeholders when adding this file to an archive.  The
 expansion depends on the availability of a commit ID, i.e. if
 gitlink:git-archive[1] has been given a tree instead of a commit or a
 tag then no replacement will be done.  The placeholders are the same
-as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of gitlink:git-log[1].
+as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of gitlink:git-log[1],
+except that they need to be wrapped like this: `$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$`
+in the file.  E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the
+commit hash.
 
 
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