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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-06-01 12:45:17 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-06-01 12:45:18 -0700
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Merge branch 'mm/log-format-raw-doc'
Clarify that "log --raw" and "log --format=raw" are unrelated concepts. * mm/log-format-raw-doc: Documentation/log: clarify sha1 non-abbreviation in log --raw Documentation/log: clarify what --raw means
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@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ stored in the commit object. Notably, the SHA-1s are
displayed in full, regardless of whether --abbrev or
--no-abbrev are used, and 'parents' information show the
true parent commits, without taking grafts or history
-simplification into account.
+simplification into account. Note that this format affects the way
+commits are displayed, but not the way the diff is shown e.g. with
+`git log --raw`. To get full object names in a raw diff format,
+use `--no-abbrev`.
* 'format:<string>'
+