1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index f175019eb7..e3a5ee3bee 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -4319,7 +4319,10 @@ static void fill_metainfo(struct strbuf *msg,
 	}
 	if (one && two && !oideq(&one->oid, &two->oid)) {
 		const unsigned hexsz = the_hash_algo->hexsz;
-		int abbrev = o->flags.full_index ? hexsz : DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+		int abbrev = o->abbrev ? o->abbrev : DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+
+		if (o->flags.full_index)
+			abbrev = hexsz;
 
 		if (o->flags.binary) {
 			mmfile_t mf;