Describe the bug in handling filenames with funny characters in 'git …

…add -i' The interactive mode does not work with files whose names contain characters that need C-quoting. `core.quotepath` configuration can be used to work this limitation around to some degree, but backslash, double-quote and control characters will still have problems. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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   This lets you review what will be committed (i.e. between
   HEAD and index).
 
+Bugs
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+The interactive mode does not work with files whose names contain
+characters that need C-quoting.  `core.quotepath` configuration can be
+used to work this limitation around to some degree, but backslash,
+double-quote and control characters will still have problems.
 
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