Re: [PATCH] describe-doc:fix a obscure error description in the git log documentation
From: Bagas Sanjaya <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-31 06:41:46
Hi Andy, welcome to Git mailing list! On 31/05/21 13.00, Andy AO via GitGitGadget wrote:
From: zen96285 <redacted> The git log documentation says "The default option is 'short'." This is wrong. After testing, the default value of '--decorate' is 'auto', not 'short'. There is no difference between 'auto' and 'short' in terminal, but there is a significant difference in how they behave in the shell.The information generated by the 'short' can be saved in shell variables, while the 'auto' can't.
Why are info generated with 'short' option (and not 'auto') can be assigned to a variable?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index 1bbf865a1b2d..37a4694b060a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OPTIONS full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. If 'auto' is specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, the ref names are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref names are - shown. The default option is 'short'. + shown. The default option is 'auto'.
Looks OK to me, thanks. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara