Re: [PATCH 2/3] checkout, commit: remove confusing assignments to rev.abbrev
From: Will Palmer <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:49:12
On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 13:37 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: ...
v1.7.1.1~17^2~3 (2010-05-03) taught the log --format=%h machinery to respect --abbrev instead of always abbreviating ...
... I've been seeing this phrasing throughout this discussion, and at first I thought it was merely a poor choice of words, but now I feel I must ensure it's clear: the purpose of the patch was to respect --abbrev instead of always abbreviating to a minimum of 7 characters. /Not/ to respect abbrev "instead of always abbreviating". Perhaps armed with that phrasing, a more general solution, such as equating "0" with "DEFAULT_ABBREV" rather than "no abbrev", could be applied? -- -- Will