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[PATCH 03/11] Document git log --abbrev-commit, as a kind of pretty option

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 16, 2007, 19:03 UTC
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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>
---
 Documentation/pretty-options.txt |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 6338def..746bc5b 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

-- 
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  1. 00/11 Document missing optionsJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  2. 01/11 Use tabs for indenting definition list for options in git-log.txtJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  3. 02/11 Document git log --full-diffJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  4. 03/11 Document git log --abbrev-commit, as a kind of pretty optionJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  5. 04/11 Document that '--message=<msg>' is long version of '-m <msg>'Jakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  6. 05/11 Document that '--no-checkout' is long version of '-n' option of git-cloneJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  7. 06/11 Document git rev-list --timestampJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  8. 07/11 Document git rev-list --full-historyJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  9. 08/11 Document git rev-parse --is-inside-git-dirJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  10. 09/11 Document git read-tree --trivialJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  11. 10/11 Document git reflog --stale-fixJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  12. 11/11 Document git commit --untracked-files and --verboseJakub Narebski, Jun 16, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2007
  14. Jakub NarebskiJun 16, 2007

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