Re: [PATCH 1/3] checkout: describe_detached_head: remove 3dots after committish

Ann T Ropea [off-list ref] writes:

This could be confusing not only for novices; in either case, no range
should be insinuated by describe_detached_head.

We actually do not insinuate any range in these output.  These dots
denote "truncated at the end, instead of giving full length."

Another place these "many dots" appear is "git diff --raw", for
example.