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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt index f7e2d330b1..982f82b0b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt @@ -1001,9 +1001,10 @@ Output uses the same format as `git cat-file --batch`: <contents> LF ==== -This command can be used anywhere in the stream that comments are -accepted. In particular, the `cat-blob` command can be used in the -middle of a commit but not in the middle of a `data` command. +This command can be used where a `filemodify` directive can appear, +allowing it to be used in the middle of a commit. For a `filemodify` +using an inline directive, it can also appear right before the `data` +directive. See ``Responses To Commands'' below for details about how to read this output safely. |