pretty: add abbrev option to %(describe)

The %(describe) placeholder by default, like `git describe`, uses a
seven-character abbreviated commit object name. This may not be
sufficient to fully describe all commits in a given repository,
resulting in a placeholder replacement changing its length because the
repository grew in size.  This could cause the output of git-archive to
change.

Add the --abbrev option to `git describe` to the placeholder interface
in order to provide tools to the user for fine-tuning project defaults
and ensure reproducible archives.

One alternative would be to just always specify --abbrev=40 but this may
be a bit too biased...

Signed-off-by: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

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