Merge branch 'lt/abbrev-auto'

Allow the default abbreviation length, which has historically been
7, to scale as the repository grows.  The logic suggests to use 12
hexdigits for the Linux kernel, and 9 to 10 for Git itself.

* lt/abbrev-auto:
  abbrev: auto size the default abbreviation
  abbrev: prepare for new world order
  abbrev: add FALLBACK_DEFAULT_ABBREV to prepare for auto sizing

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index f7ee414563..446d4cb632 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1190,6 +1190,9 @@ static inline int hex2chr(const char *s)
 #define MINIMUM_ABBREV minimum_abbrev
 #define DEFAULT_ABBREV default_abbrev
 
+/* used when the code does not know or care what the default abbrev is */
+#define FALLBACK_DEFAULT_ABBREV 7
+
 struct object_context {
 	unsigned char tree[20];
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
@@ -1208,6 +1211,7 @@ struct object_context {
 #define GET_SHA1_TREEISH          020
 #define GET_SHA1_BLOB             040
 #define GET_SHA1_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS 0100
+#define GET_SHA1_AUTOMATIC	 0200
 #define GET_SHA1_ONLY_TO_DIE    04000
 
 #define GET_SHA1_DISAMBIGUATORS \