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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt6
-rw-r--r--builtin/describe.c6
-rw-r--r--cache.h5
-rw-r--r--config.c8
-rw-r--r--environment.c1
5 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 1a571f4174..52ffbf4efb 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -558,6 +558,12 @@ core.sparseCheckout::
Enable "sparse checkout" feature. See section "Sparse checkout" in
linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information.
+core.abbrev::
+ Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If unspecified,
+ many commands abbreviate to 7 hexdigits, which may not be enough
+ for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long
+ time.
+
add.ignore-errors::
add.ignoreErrors::
Tells 'git add' to continue adding files when some files cannot be
diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 3ba26dc819..4afd1504a6 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static int debug; /* Display lots of verbose info */
static int all; /* Any valid ref can be used */
static int tags; /* Allow lightweight tags */
static int longformat;
-static int abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+static int abbrev = -1; /* unspecified */
static int max_candidates = 10;
static struct hash_table names;
static int have_util;
@@ -420,7 +420,11 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
OPT_END(),
};
+ git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, describe_usage, 0);
+ if (abbrev < 0)
+ abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+
if (max_candidates < 0)
max_candidates = 0;
else if (max_candidates > MAX_TAGS)
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index e637ca8e01..50de992c5c 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ extern int trust_executable_bit;
extern int trust_ctime;
extern int quote_path_fully;
extern int has_symlinks;
+extern int minimum_abbrev, default_abbrev;
extern int ignore_case;
extern int assume_unchanged;
extern int prefer_symlink_refs;
@@ -759,8 +760,8 @@ static inline unsigned int hexval(unsigned char c)
}
/* Convert to/from hex/sha1 representation */
-#define MINIMUM_ABBREV 4
-#define DEFAULT_ABBREV 7
+#define MINIMUM_ABBREV minimum_abbrev
+#define DEFAULT_ABBREV default_abbrev
struct object_context {
unsigned char tree[20];
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index fa740a6a60..749e5afc45 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -523,6 +523,14 @@ static int git_default_core_config(const char *var, const char *value)
return 0;
}
+ if (!strcmp(var, "core.abbrev")) {
+ int abbrev = git_config_int(var, value);
+ if (abbrev < minimum_abbrev || abbrev > 40)
+ return -1;
+ default_abbrev = abbrev;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
if (!strcmp(var, "core.loosecompression")) {
int level = git_config_int(var, value);
if (level == -1)
diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index c3efbb9608..33c806421e 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ int user_ident_explicitly_given;
int trust_executable_bit = 1;
int trust_ctime = 1;
int has_symlinks = 1;
+int minimum_abbrev = 4, default_abbrev = 7;
int ignore_case;
int assume_unchanged;
int prefer_symlink_refs;