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| author | Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> | 2007-06-16 21:03:39 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-06-16 13:10:49 -0700 |
| commit | 13120fdc5ea8a8651850845f3ea320914f85056e (patch) | |
| tree | cd659a729f3d47fbdb9127b4a9436e484d0b8137 /Documentation/pretty-options.txt | |
| parent | ef3cb65c21d684df6e4c8b81ebe69a8652591998 (diff) | |
| download | git-13120fdc5ea8a8651850845f3ea320914f85056e.tar.gz | |
Document git log --abbrev-commit, as a kind of pretty option
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 <jnareb@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/pretty-options.txt')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt index 6338def5a7..746bc5b7f9 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 |