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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index a0ab66aae7..b02f8a4025 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -783,10 +783,11 @@ core.sparseCheckout:: 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. + Set the length object names are abbreviated to. If + unspecified or set to "auto", an appropriate value is + 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. add.ignoreErrors:: add.ignore-errors (deprecated):: |