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diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt index 7d515be0fd..973d8dd733 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt @@ -1,9 +1,18 @@ --pretty[='<format>']:: - Pretty print the contents of the commit logs in a given format, + Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format, where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium', 'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw' and 'format:<string>'. - When left out the format default to 'medium'. + When omitted, the format defaults to 'medium'. + +--abbrev-commit:: + Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object + name, show only handful hexdigits prefix. Non default number of + digits can be specified with "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies + diff output, if it is displayed). ++ +This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for +people using 80-column terminals. --encoding[=<encoding>]:: The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message @@ -11,4 +20,3 @@ command to re-code the commit log message in the encoding preferred by the user. For non plumbing commands this defaults to UTF-8. - |