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| author |  Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com> | 2017-05-31 23:39:29 +0200 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2017-06-01 10:37:42 +0900 |
| commit | fb87327aeed9c0079266e74b80d46b0119142601 (patch) | |
| tree | 64605ed83f5fd94a7521ed1f570366b1b60e62ba | |
| parent | Git 2.13 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-fb87327aeed9c0079266e74b80d46b0119142601.tar.xz | |
doc: rewrite description for rev-parse --short
`git rev-parse --short` is not a generic modifier but just a variant
of `--verify` and considers the given length only as a suggestion to
ensure uniqueness.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 12 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 475e874d51..4865ac92e8 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ core.abbrev:: computed based on the approximate number of packed objects in your repository, which hopefully is enough for abbreviated object names to stay unique for some time. + The minimum length is 4. add.ignoreErrors:: add.ignore-errors (deprecated):: diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index c40c470448..b1293f24bb 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ can be used. 'git diff-{asterisk}'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option, the command input is still interpreted as usual. +--short[=length]:: + Same as `--verify` but shortens the object name to a unique + prefix with at least `length` characters. The minimum length + is 4, the default is the effective value of the `core.abbrev` + configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). + --not:: When showing object names, prefix them with '{caret}' and strip '{caret}' prefix from the object names that already have @@ -136,12 +142,6 @@ can be used. The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict abbreviation mode. ---short:: ---short=number:: - Instead of outputting the full SHA-1 values of object names try to - abbreviate them to a shorter unique name. When no length is specified - 7 is used. The minimum length is 4. - --symbolic:: Usually the object names are output in SHA-1 form (with possible '{caret}' prefix); this option makes them output in a |