[PATCH 03/11] Document git log --abbrev-commit, as a kind of pretty option
From: Jakub Narebski <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:17
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
Documentation taken from paraphrased description of "--abbrev[=<n>]" diff option, and from description of commit 5c51c985 introducing this option. Note that to change number of digits one must use "--abbrev=<n>", which affects [also] diff output. Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <redacted> --- Documentation/pretty-options.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 6338def..746bc5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ 'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw' and 'format:<string>'. When left out the format default 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 in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the
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