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authorAndreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>2017-05-31 23:39:29 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2017-06-01 10:37:42 +0900
commitfb87327aeed9c0079266e74b80d46b0119142601 (patch)
tree64605ed83f5fd94a7521ed1f570366b1b60e62ba
parentb06d3643105c8758ed019125a4399cb7efdcce2c (diff)
downloadgit-ah/doc-rev-parse-short-default.tar.gz
doc: rewrite description for rev-parse --shortah/doc-rev-parse-short-default
`git rev-parse --short` is not a generic modifier but just a variant of `--verify` and considers the given length only as a suggestion to ensure uniqueness. Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt12
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 475e874d51..4865ac92e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ core.abbrev::
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.
+ The minimum length is 4.
add.ignoreErrors::
add.ignore-errors (deprecated)::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index c40c470448..b1293f24bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ can be used.
'git diff-{asterisk}'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option,
the command input is still interpreted as usual.
+--short[=length]::
+ Same as `--verify` but shortens the object name to a unique
+ prefix with at least `length` characters. The minimum length
+ is 4, the default is the effective value of the `core.abbrev`
+ configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
+
--not::
When showing object names, prefix them with '{caret}' and
strip '{caret}' prefix from the object names that already have
@@ -136,12 +142,6 @@ can be used.
The option core.warnAmbiguousRefs is used to select the strict
abbreviation mode.
---short::
---short=number::
- Instead of outputting the full SHA-1 values of object names try to
- abbreviate them to a shorter unique name. When no length is specified
- 7 is used. The minimum length is 4.
-
--symbolic::
Usually the object names are output in SHA-1 form (with
possible '{caret}' prefix); this option makes them output in a